Steam and Teamspeak not connecting, but internet in general is working fine

steamteamspeaktechnical-issues

So I logged on today, and realized Teamspeak was not connecting to the server I log on to every day. I had also realized Steam was having a tough time connecting to the internet, and I have no idea what's happening.

  • I tried restarting my router with the expectation it would work, it didn't.
  • I have no new antivirus programs
  • Firewall was turned off for about 2 hours, I tried again and no result.
  • Pinged Google.com, got an average approximate round trip time of 65 ms.

No errors were given when trying to connect to Steam or Teamspeak.

The funny thing about this is that all functions are carried out normally that require internet. Everything else that requires internet works just fine.

I have another machine (a laptop) that runs Teamspeak and Steam just fine, so I'm guessing it could be something to do with the connection specifically on my primary machine?

Edit (3/4/15): Tried using Windows troubleshooting and it couldn't identify that anything was wrong. I have absolutely no clue what to do.

Best Answer

Assuming windows, based on your description.

Try the following:

  1. Click on the Start menu/screen, click search.
  2. Type: CMD
  3. Right-Click Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator
  4. Confirm the UAC prompt when it comes up.
  5. When you have an Administrator: Command Prompt window, Execute:
    • ipconfig /flushdns
  6. Click Restart from the Start menu/screen and perform a FULL reboot.
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