Bruun Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hello peeps! I am sitting on my school, with a proxy making me unable to log on steam. Is there anyway to get through this, i can't even log on offline mode, any suggestions? - Bruun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmcanbefun Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 ouch, that sucks. gl with that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler42 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Well if its a laptop you go in offline mode in a network that you can connect to steam, then after that you will be able to go in offline mode. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruun Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Thanks for the response! Sadly no available networks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazrah99 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 You are at school. Do some work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_rune Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 There might be - possibly - but it requires a bit of effort on your part and probably doesn't apply if you're in a suburban or rural area - you'd need to get a wireless modem and account with an ISP who provides coverage to your school's area. Since you're presumably under 18 you probably can't do this, unless you know an adult who has one and trusts you enough to let you borrow it. Even then it's possible that your school locks your desktop down against the installation of devices and local network configuration (ie no administrator privileges on user account). It's all probably a bit too much of a hassle tbh - you'd be better off leaving FM til weeknights and weekends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishu Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Use GPRS/mobile internet to log in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruun Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 You are at school. Do some work! Football Manager is required for me to work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegr8anand Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Can you disconnect from the net(disable adapter, wifi), start steam, when it fails choose "start in offline mode", then play the game? After game has started reconnect to internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_rune Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Football Manager is required for me to work! OK, assuming you're serious, if it's for a project or something, talk to your teacher and get them to make a formal request to your network administrators. Explain the need to let your PC through the firewall temporarily, they can do that for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_rune Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Can you disconnect from the net(disable adapter, wifi), start steam, when it fails choose "start in offline mode", then play the game? After game has started reconnect to internet. Doesn't work like that. Steam requires an active connection to actually initialise offline mode (to ensure that only a single account is logged on at one time). I do that occasionally, take my personal laptop in to work after starting Steam offline at home, then play it at work to fill in quiet time, maybe one day in four or five. Once I forgot to start my laptop offline at home, and it wouldn't let me start offline at work as there was no connection present. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegr8anand Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hmmm, couple of days my net was acting up and steam was stuck logging in my account(have auto-login on). I disconnected my wifi and i was able to do that.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugo_rune Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hmmm, couple of days my net was acting up and steam was stuck logging in my account(have auto-login on). I disconnected my wifi and i was able to do that.. Maybe it was able to figure out from what little connection it had, that there wasn't anyone actually connected to your account. I'm only going by the experience I've had - I couldn't start mine offline at work until I actually plugged it into the LAN just long enough to get offline mode working. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadsheep2001 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Maybe it was able to figure out from what little connection it had, that there wasn't anyone actually connected to your account. I'm only going by the experience I've had - I couldn't start mine offline at work until I actually plugged it into the LAN just long enough to get offline mode working. I was able to do the same as thegr8anand, although i had the same issue as you about 2 years back. That was when i didnt use to keep my Steam Client up to date, so maybe that was part of the issue then. Just a thought though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruun Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 No, i can't log in if i disconnect my connection. I've tried using my phones internet, my computer wont recognize it.. I'm out of ideas.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruun Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 Problem solved.. My computer finally recognized my phones connection! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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