Problems with steam and connection..help

[drewzz139]

i have recently downloaded steam and wanna download cs.
but everytime i try to connect i dont get on it for more than 20 seconds and it just says "error:could not connect to the steam network"
but my internet connection is just fine and i have a pretty strong connection

this has happened before with other games i just cant connect, but my internet works



help please

[sadgoat]

do u have a firewall enabled?

[drewzz139]

good call
a firewall was blockig it