My schools internet network seems to block a few ports making me get kicked off of online steam games pretty quickly. I have a list of those ports, but it states:
Note:
Many university networks and proxies block required ports for Steam operation – please consult your network administrator to ensure the required ports are open if you are using a university network or a proxy. Ports required for Steam can not be re-mapped to HTTP or reconfigured to a custom port range.
Is it really impossible to reconfigure the ports? My school will not unblock them and it really makes me unable to play all steam games
Best Answer
If you use a Virtual Private Network (VPN), then all of your traffic will appear as SSH traffic rather than Steam traffic and therefore will not be blocked (assuming your network doesn't block VPN traffic). You will probably have to pay for a VPN though as any free ones would probably not have enough bandwidth or be fast enough for Steam games.