flemmie Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I am baffled by IT and as such cannot figure out why I keep getting the time-out screen when I surf the internet. I use an expensive connection from PacNet (supposedly 4MB/512KB), but a speedtest tells me I do not get anywhere near that speed. Whenever I use the internet, the connection times out very quickly. I know already from the moment I click and I see "Connecting to....", it will freeze out on me. It happens without warning, and very often. I have a Dell which is somewhat older, just ordered a new HP, so I hope it is the computer that gives me this trouble. I use Firefox. It is not just when I am waiting for a download, it happens when I play cards on line, wait for a site to load or when browsing YouTube. Thanks for any help you may have for me. Nick (the frustrated) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDAS Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I use FF and have been having problems with timing out very quickly while trying to load pages though I'm not experiencing the other problems you mention. I uninstalled FF then reinstalled which fixed the problem, had to do it again yesterday as started timing out again. So far, so good again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemmie Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 I use FF and have been having problems with timing out very quickly while trying to load pages though I'm not experiencing the other problems you mention. I uninstalled FF then reinstalled which fixed the problem, had to do it again yesterday as started timing out again. So far, so good again Thanks, will give that a try, I only hope I do not need to reload the program first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 How do you connect ? If and when it happen to me have found the best option is to switch off the Router, when I switch it back on no problem, was told long ago that you get static build up, so switching off/un-plug will clear the problem........... No idea just it works for me PS Not just the Modem, same happen with the Sat box and work perfect after switching off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMzyme Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I had the same problem my mate told me to change the pipeline settings from false to true seems to work for me. in the url type about:config Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond48 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I had the same problem my mate told me to change the pipeline settings from false to true seems to work for me.in the url type about:config which ones did you change, there are 3 with the word "pipelining" and "false" setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDAS Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I changed this one to 'true' as my FF started timing out again network.http.pipelining;true works great now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond48 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I changed this one to 'true' as my FF started timing out again network.http.pipelining;true works great now Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMzyme Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 yeah I changed all three from false to true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PawyiLee Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 yeah I changed all three from false to true The warning didn't bother you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood13 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Definite improvement - thanks -redwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMzyme Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 nah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahtin Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 http://hubpages.com/hub/Optimizing-FireFox...acks-And-Tweaks Here's a few more (just in case you thought TL had a monopoly on hubs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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