Steam download speed

My steam download speed was normal but now its really slow(used to download with 40-50mb/s now less then a mb)
tried changing regions
tried reinstalling steam
tried changing from cable to wifi
download on torrent is normal
speedtest looks normal
also tried :https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/16e1l4h/slow_steam_downloads_try_this/

ystem:
Kernel: 6.8.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=0273583e-3b63-4d4e-a5e9-d8df0a8e1168 rw rootflags=subvol=@
nvidia-drm.modset=1 quiet
resume=UUID=4f9efe6b-6d76-4756-b2ad-a809ba249e23 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.1.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-45 v: V1.08
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: CZ model: Scala_CAS v: V1.08 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.08
date: 07/21/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 45.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 45.1/57.5 Wh (78.5%)
volts: 16.5 min: 15.4 model: LGC AP18E8M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: not charging
Device-1: ps-controller-battery-10:18:49:3b:0f:84 model: N/A serial: N/A
charge: N/A status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA50000C
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3447 high: 3963 min/max: 400/4280 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 3431 2: 3157 3: 3229
4: 3448 5: 3165 6: 3168 7: 3795 8: 3163 9: 3963 10: 3961 11: 3403 12: 3481
bogomips: 79052
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 550.67
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of
2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: HDMI-A-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 65.0 C
Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 0408:a061
class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1013x285mm (39.88x11.22")
s-diag: 1052mm (41.43")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1-0 note: disabled pos: primary,right
model: Acer ED270R serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 80
gamma: 1.2 size: 609x348mm (23.98x13.7") diag: 690mm (27.2") ratio: 16:9
modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP pos: left model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x1521
built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.8.7-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1638
memory: 500 MiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 15 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.5-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:1638 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 550.67
device-ID: 10de:2520 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,
snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Device-4: HP HyperX SoloCast driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-1:2
chip-ID: 03f0:078b class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.8.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek Killer E2600 GbE vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-3: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-2:3 chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:5 chip-ID: 04ca:3802
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.16 TiB used: 1.04 TiB (48.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PDP3256B-AA1
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EDFK0S03 temp: 67.8 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SBM02103 temp: 44.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM049-2GH172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: ACM1 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 115.31 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 914.74 GiB size: 914.74 GiB (100.00%)
used: 384.38 GiB (42.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.74 GiB size: 914.74 GiB (100.00%)
used: 384.38 GiB (42.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 914.74 GiB size: 914.74 GiB (100.00%)
used: 384.38 GiB (42.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 914.74 GiB size: 914.74 GiB (100.00%)
used: 384.38 GiB (42.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 14.98 GiB used: 1.5 GiB (10.0%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 80.8 C mobo: 56.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 66.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.98 GiB used: 6.75 GiB (45.1%)
Processes: 385 Power: uptime: 1h 12m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 5.95 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2085 pm: pacman pkgs: 2079 libs: 590 tools: octopi,pamac,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 6 Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-04-15
Last full system update: 2024-04-18 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:            systemd-sysctl.service

Hi there, welcome to the forum.
Please always provide your garuda-inxi as required in the topic template.
Check if the Arch wiki helps:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Steam/Troubleshooting#Unusually_slow_download_speed
Maybe start just disabling IPv6 (in Network Manager), which is easier…
Then try different DNS servers, finally dnsmasq.

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not sure if that was the garuda.inxi

garuda-inxi provides the system specs.
Enter it in a terminal and paste the output here formatted
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like this
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@Kayo was once again faster than me with the editing.
:smiley:

so i disabled ipv6 and my internet stopped working

probably was stupid
i now disabled it from network settings but it still didn’t fix my download speed

Have you rebooted your PC and your router?

i tried rebooting my pc and it didn’t work
I ll try both and update

still not fixed and now the download speed starts higher but drops to 0

Maybe you could try the other suggestions in the Arch wiki, e.g. dnsmasq.

i think it fixed itself
i restarted steam after i set ipv6 to automatic and now the download speed is normal

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