Internet connection hangs

Unfiltered · Post by **Unfiltered** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:49 am

Hello everyone.

I've experienced this problem for almost 2 years now, and I highly want to get it settled.

For some reason, I tend to be having problems with deviantArt, particularly when I go to look at a user's or a group's gallery. There are times when the page will start to load just fine, but then my whole internet connection will hang for about 60 seconds. I have gone through cycles trying to understand this, considering it has occurred on both, my Windows XP and Windows 7 partitions, and keep in mind, I've have previous installs as well, and have encountered this problem on fresh installs. I'm not sure if it's a hardware issue, a network settings issue or software issue, but it has become quite bothersome considering I like to spend a few hours a day on dA. I also have had two different ISPs in the the passed two years (AT&T DSL, and presently Northland Cable). I typically run Firefox, currently with no plugins (aside from Flash, Shockwave and Acrobat-related plugins), though I have encountered the same problem with Opera and Safari as well. Also, every other website I connect to has never seemed to affect my connection in the past.

I have tried finding a solution to this problem, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Other info:
Currently running Windows 7 x64, using Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast NIC, running Firefox 15.0.
Windows Defender: Off
Windows Firewall: On
Other Security Software: None

Post by **Philip** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:05 am

This is just a guess, but it could be related to the number of http requests you're making concurrently to the page - some webservers do not like more than 4-8 connections from the same IP and may drop additional ones, making it appear to "hang". This is configurable in the Firefox settings, you can look up the main site's tweaks articles.

Have you tried in IE ?
Have you considered it could ne the site that's overloaded at the time ?

You may also want to run a traceroute to that host when you're experiencing issues to try and detect possible packet loss and latency at the time.

qualitynet · Post by **qualitynet** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:08 am

May be its your system fault or windows. Try to reinstall your window and check again. Otherwise consult the connection admin.

JONATHAN3 · Post by **JONATHAN3** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:56 pm

Hello Every One !!!
This is just a think, but it could be appropriate to the wide range of HTTP requirements you're developing at the same time to the website - some web servers do not like more than 4-8 connections from the same IP and may drop additional ones, developing it appear to "hang". May be its your system error or windows. Try to re-install your display and analyze again.