I’ve searched the first like 5 pages of the forums, and I couldn’t find my answer so I decided to make a thread.
Whenever I start my game I lose my internet connection. Skype, Internet Browser, Rust, everything goes down until I exit the game. Is there a fix to this or a post somebody could direct me to?
Thanks 
Is it because I’m using a laptop? It’s a HP Pavilion dv7 is that helps.
try this server 216.155.130.26:28075
Hello,
I have the same problem. And it is not just my connection that fails, the entire home-network burns down after a few moments in the server-list. I’ve tried to wireshark the problem and i’ve noticed the insane amount of packets being sent and received upon entering this list. I could safely say it could overload the router/AP queues or somewhere in that area.
At home I’m usually connected to an AccesPoint, which sends ARP packets aswell, I figured I could solve the problem by connecting directly to the router/modem. Unfortunately I didn’t fix the problem, however it took a few seconds longer to overload.
Joining a friend directly through steam doesn’t seem to work at all, so that doesn’t help. I’ll try to connect through the console, maybe that helps.
Nevertheless, I bought this game yesterday for 18 euro’s so I expect this problem to be adressed. A work-around is no solution.
Kind regards!
It shuts down my whole network aswell. Is there a fix/should I expect one?
For sure that’s not the issue.
Did you check your router?
I never had a problem like that, but a broken router could be the issue for something like that.
I’ll ask if I can try a new router. Thanks I appreciate it
Keep in mind that’s just an assumption.
Maybe it’s a issue with your network card, maybe with your OS.
But before you try anything: did you try to repair the game? Who knows if something went wrong during the download.
I had this same issue and it has to do with all the data being sent during browser refresh. Look at your sent/received data, its insane. I just use console connecting now and have no issues with it.
I have exactly the same issue, my router reboots after the server list finishes loading. I’m using a PC with windows 8, but it’s not that. It’s the router crashing/rebooting for some reason after the server list finishes loading. I also use the console to connect to my favorite servers now, but it’s pain not being able to use the server browser. I also occasionally max out my connection with other downloads, so that’s weird.
Getting a new router worked. Thanks
You should not get a new router because some applications have poor programming. You can directly connect to server through console with ‘net.connect xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx’.
I’d advice to use this work-around and wait for a fix before buying stuff.
Your advice is pretty late.
My dad was getting us a new router anyways, so it didn’t really matter. It just happened that I didn’t have to do anything to fix it because having a better router did.
Sorry for that, unfortunately I didn’t find the time to follow this thread more closely. Hope this helps for other users.
I posted about a problem like this a bit ago. The amount of data just overloads your network http://forum.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1352661