"Connection Reset by Peer" or "hang"

[oreo]

--I had problems just updating the original Half-life to the latest client today (v111 IIIRC.) Connection reset by peer usually means a transient error (their server is busy.) If the rest of your Internet connections/websites are working Ok, then just try it again later and/or find another server.

Here is my problem: I am trying to install a software (Steam), and from time to time during the update (it gets the files from the net), it ends up either with "Connection reset by Peer" or it just hangs.

The problem is that when I tried it on my other linux box, it worked all the way to the end without doind this...