524137 - Firefox times out or URL can't be found if two machines are attempting to use the internet over a network through a router.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[hudechrome]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.14) Gecko/2009082707 Firefox/3.0.14 (.NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.5.3

This problem started showing up soon after upgrading the second machine to 5.3.5. I did it one at a time so that at least one machine can access the net. I did a long troubleshoot, including an hour with my ISP, Qwest. They found no problems with their end of the system. I replaced the router, multiple reboots, reset the internal IP to be sure there is no conflict. So, I reloaded 3.0. No dice. Then I did an upgrade to 3.0.14. Conflict resolved!Access is nominal now for both machines.

 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start FF on one machine and begin using search or any otherwise run like e-mail
2.Start FF on other machine.
3.
Actual Results:  
Observe a huge slowdown (whirling icons)ending with "Loading Prob..." showing up in all or most of the tabs. Then, both machines are denied further operations, resulting in loading problems for both.

Expected Results:  
I expect both machines to load up the tabs with the proper url.

Curiously, I can open additional FF browser windows on a machine that is running alone with no conflicts. That led me to believe it is a network or ISP problem, but it appears not so. At this point, I cannot run 3.5.3 on both.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Maybe Bug 475603 ?

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Also update your plugins (flash, adobe reader, java, quicktime, silverlight, etc.) Go to the developer's website and download the latest version from there. If you no longer see this issue, please close this bug as RESOLVED, WORKSFORME. If you do see the bug, please post a comment.