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Valve Patches SteamOS To Fix Slow Wireless Speeds On Some Routers

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Amid the chaos of a new product launch, Valve has remained hard at work on SteamOS. Not only has SteamOS received a long-promised update to support standard PCs, but tailored SteamOS support for the Steam Deck and other handhelds has continued post-Steam Machine launch.

Most recently, the SteamOS 3.8.22 Beta (as well as Stable version 3.8.14) have addressed an issue with Wi-Fi connectivity. This issue is related to Wireless routers that advertise incorrect MCS (Modulation Coding Scheme) speeds. MCS is intended to allow routers to offer improved capacity and device priority for MCS-enabled devices like the Steam Deck, but if the information reported by the routher is incorrect, it results in lower speeds. The latest SteamOS update reportedly fixes this issue on impacted devices.

It's unclear if the Steam Machine was included in this patch or not, but existing documentation for Steam Deck Beta and Preview channel updates also...

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