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Don't Laugh at Me! - I still use Steam Link and it won't connect
Long story short, I still use two Steam Links. One in the living room and one in the bedroom. They are older TVs and I use it to screen share my laptop for movies and such. I know a bunch of other things exist but I have these. Today they just stopped working. It shows my PC as "Ready". When I click connect "Big Picture" opens on my laptop but then the Steam Link goes to a screen that says connecting to network and then back to the home screen with my laptop showing as ready. So far I have tried 2 different wireless APs and hard wiring the Steam Link. Nothing. Any ideas?
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Broseph Joseph
Nov 3, 2025 @ 12:28pm 
what link firmware ver
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_I_
Nov 3, 2025 @ 2:07pm 
they should still work
what does network test say?
(link connect menu -> select pc -> network test)

make sure windows network is set to private, not public
disable any vpn
if using wifi, log into the router, disable wifi isolation for the ssid you use
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BeerRunHero
Nov 3, 2025 @ 3:32pm 
Originally posted by _I_:
they should still work
what does network test say?
(link connect menu -> select pc -> network test)

make sure windows network is set to private, not public
disable any vpn
if using wifi, log into the router, disable wifi isolation for the ssid you use

Well don't I feel like a newb! lol. I don't use WIndows, been on Debian for 25 years. Recently I was testing out Tailscale and apparently it was auto booting and going through an exit node. Problem solved! Thank you.

Follow up, if you don't mind, how does the negotiation work for the steam link? How is it that it can launch the PC's steam Big Picture but then lose the connection?
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Got Kevlar™
Nov 3, 2025 @ 6:04pm 
I bought 2 steamlinks and 2 steam controllers when they were released. They both still work and i still use them.
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_I_
Nov 3, 2025 @ 7:09pm 
udp port protocols, 270xx
it asks steam to start bpm and begin streaming to the link
(in link menu settings -> streaming -> advanced, you can pick to start in bpm or desktop modes)

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3E3D-BE6B-787D-A5D2
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