Steam Not Downloading

[stormy00]

Hello, so i am having a problem with steam. I will start downloading a game it will download a mb or two of the game then all of a sudden it wont download anymore of the game and it will say 0/0 bytes downloaded. the only "fix" i have discovered is that i have to power down my router for 10 seconds then power it back up, then it will download everything i have queued. But once i add something to the queue the same issue will happen. And yes i have contacted steam and they were about as helpful as a plastic toy hammer. they where telling me to check the firewall and stuff and i had already tried that. Thanks for the help

 

P.S just so you know i have mediacom

 

P.P.S If i tether my data connection from my phone to my computer it will download without a hitch.

[kirashi]

21 minutes ago, stormy00 said:

 the only "fix" i have discovered is that i have to power down my router for 10 seconds then power it back up, then it will download everything i have queued. But once i add something to the queue the same issue will happen. 

P.S just so you know i have mediacom

P.P.S If i tether my data connection from my phone to my computer it will download without a hitch.

So far you've done great troubleshooting, as this narrows it down to being an issue with the potato modem/router combo unit you have from Mediacom. Ask them to upgrade it to a unit that doesn't exhibit these problems as a free rental, or have it bridged and get your own 3rd party router for much better performance.

[stormy00]

i have another router laying around and i have never bridged a router before but good old google will come to my rescue, right after this match of cs:go

[stormy00]

something else i just thought off i'm assuming i'm going to need to be able to access the admin console for both routers right?