For the past few days, been getting this error of "Content Server Unreachable" and a link to steam support whenever I try to download a game. I tried several steps, since a friend in my region was able to download w/o problem

  • Reinstalled steam

  • Changed several download locations

  • Changed proxy server settings as advised to other people with the same problem

  • Changed default browser

  • Basically anything and everything been recommended up till now to fix it

Nothing works. I used my laptop to download steam on it and I get the same error. My ISP hasn't even blocked any download, I contacted them. It's feels pretty hopeless that I'm locked out of my own dwindling library, and am unable to play games that require an update, and stuck with the current installed ones. Steam support's solution was to delete everything except steam.exe and appdata, which does not work.

8 years ago

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Check firewall settings, especially if your security software recently updated.
if you access internet on a public network, they may simply block UDP traffic, which is rather normal for them.

8 years ago
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Can you give a more detailed answer on how to do that? I'm not really that good with this sort of stuff, to be honest.

8 years ago
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Depends on security software, but these are usually in the Settings/Firewall settings or Firewall/Settings, or Internet/Firewall settings, or Network/Firewall settings. Adding Steam to the whitelist/permission list is usually easy, it just allows you to manage rules, then Add, select Steam's EXE file, and allow all traffic on all ports.

8 years ago
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A simple solution to blocked UDP is to make steam use TCP instead, to do so just create a shortcut to your Steam.exe(that exists in the steam folder) and add - TCP after its sible.

8 years ago
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It's probably a blocked port. Check your router setting and see if there is a port blocked, if so unblock it.

8 years ago
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Wrong category I guess. And maybe is your router.

Some ideas from your friend Google
Reset! Or...

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