Losing Browser Connection to Internet

[Eyelight]

My laptop has an intermittent communication issue with the wide world of web. Ordinarily, stuff happens, and I plod along and eventually figure it out or an update solves the issue or I forget and life goes on. This one is beginning to annoy a bit more and it messes with my viewing pleasure.

• Two or three times a day it acts like the internet connection is lost, but it only seems to affect the browsers.
• When it goes, I can switch between FF, IE and Ch and all three cannot reach beyond my MiFi router gizmo.
• I can open the MiFi admin menu in the browser.
• My tablet still talks to the web thru the same MiFi.
• Another laptop still talks to the web thru the same MiFi.
• I can ping websites from the command prompt.
• Bitmeter shows a miniscule blip every minute or so.
• IE diagnostic reports "The remote device or resource won't accept the connection."
• IE once indicated there was a IP address issue, so been watching that, but nothing seems amiss with IP's since
• Windows 7

I am imagining it is something in common across the browsers, maybe that a recent upgrade has mucked up.

I usually fiddle around with this and that and it comes back in 5-10 minutes.

Any useful thoughts??

 

[YOT]

Gotta be. My stuff has been acting wonky lately, too.

 

[Horoscope Fish]

Did this issue just crop up suddenly, or has it been on-going for some time? If the former I'd consider falling back on a restore point.

I'd also be looking at the hardware drivers... Are they up-to-date? Might consider re-installing them...

Almost forgot my very first weapon for repairing network weirdness like what you're describing... Physically unplugging everything from the wall (not just powering off), having a cup of tea (Earl Grey), plugging everything back in and rebooting the whole damn network (router, WAP's, computers... The whole nine yards).
....

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I have found over the years that routers have a limited life span. normally about 1 to 2 years before they start giving problems like intermittently just not working.

 

[Blacktop]

Did this issue just crop up suddenly, or has it been on-going for some time? If the former I'd consider falling back on a restore point.

I'd also be looking at the hardware drivers... Are they up-to-date? Might consider re-installing them...

Almost forgot my very first weapon for repairing network weirdness like what you're describing... Physically unplugging everything from the wall (not just powering off), having a cup of tea (Earl Grey), plugging everything back in and rebooting the whole damn network (router, WAP's, computers... The whole nine yards).
....

Yes! This. Except the Earl Grey part. I would make myself a cappuccino to ensure success.

 

[Rob Bye]

At this time of year, there's a lot of additional traffic on the net. Think of all those kids home from school, playing games and downloading media. It's a miracle the damned thing still works at all!

 

[YOT]

I have found over the years that routers have a limited life span. normally about 1 to 2 years before they start giving problems like intermittently just not working.

I had never heard this before, until now. Mine is AT LEAST 7 years old.

I figured my issues were due to what Rob Bye said, below.

At this time of year, there's a lot of additional traffic on the net. Think of all those kids home from school, playing games and downloading media. It's a miracle the damned thing still works at all!

 

[Eyelight]

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Gotta be. My stuff has been acting wonky lately, too.

Always at the top of my list.

Did this issue just crop up suddenly, or has it been on-going for some time? If the former I'd consider falling back on a restore point.

I'd also be looking at the hardware drivers... Are they up-to-date? Might consider re-installing them...

Almost forgot my very first weapon for repairing network weirdness like what you're describing... Physically unplugging everything from the wall (not just powering off), having a cup of tea (Earl Grey), plugging everything back in and rebooting the whole damn network (router, WAP's, computers... The whole nine yards).
....

Been happening for a couple months. At first just figured the normal network outage, then did the reboot routines. just recently figured out everything wasn't dying. Last time it happened as a Nikonite page was loading, the never-ending twirly kept twirling so I knew the aliens were back, and the Load Page Status message showed several Google messages after the browser appeared to stop browsing, like background communications were still there. Bitmeter did not show this activity.

I have found over the years that routers have a limited life span. normally about 1 to 2 years before they start giving problems like intermittently just not working.

The MiFi might be the issue, but odd that I can connect other devices while the laptop twirly spins.

Yes! This. Except the Earl Grey part. I would make myself a cappuccino to ensure success.

"Tea, Earl Grey, hot" is always an option when a problem involving aliens is upon us, but the cappuccino could very well come into play if the problem persists. And if on the verge of being over-run, bourbon is the obvious bracing for the last stand.

 

[Eyelight]

I'm using a different WiFi connection today as a trial.

 

[mikew_RIP]

Did this issue just crop up suddenly, or has it been on-going for some time? If the former I'd consider falling back on a restore point.

I'd also be looking at the hardware drivers... Are they up-to-date? Might consider re-installing them...

Almost forgot my very first weapon for repairing network weirdness like what you're describing... Physically unplugging everything from the wall (not just powering off), having a cup of tea (Earl Grey), plugging everything back in and rebooting the whole damn network (router, WAP's, computers... The whole nine yards).
....

Always worked for the enterprise

 

[Blacktop]

 

[J-see]

I had the same issue with discos but there's no pattern to it so I don't know where to look or what to fix. Now it's been good for a while.

It's the browser since I noticed the computer being connected to my router while the browser tells me it broke.

 

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

Hope you get it fixed, J-see.