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Question

Alright, heres the dl. We have dial-up as our internet connection and yes it sucks, but i can live with it. First, I always open up the mozilla firefox server b4 connecting to the internet. But the problem is that after connecting to the internet and trying to go directly to some website it will just "time out". However, if we open the homepage up first after connecting then it never times out and we can go to other websites as long as the homepage was visited first. Does anyone have any clue as to why it times out when we don't open the homepage first?? I mean the internet is still connected too when it says it is timed out. We used Internet Explorer before I installed Mozilla, and the I.E. would, more often than not, say "Not Responding" after connecting and clicking on anything. However after waiting 5-10 minutes it would start responding and working again. Any thoughts, ideas, resolutions, answers would be appreciated thx

for any confusion...I open up the browser first and I don't try to open any pages until the computer tells me it is connected, but when I try to open any other page other than the homepage first it times out, and i have to disconnect and then reconnect and open the homepage first. I open up my browser first bcuz when I used internet explorer it would seem to work better if I open the browser b4 it was connected instead of being connected and then trying to open it(bcuz of the whole NOT RESPONDING thing I mention up there in the original details.

Answer 1

Also, your homepage is cached so the entire page does not have to download each time you access it so it will load quickly.

If you visit a new site, the entire page will have to load.

Answer 2

It sounds as if when you open the Firefox browser, you are not actually connected to the internet. You need to be connected to the internet so that when you open your browser, it looks for a homepage. That is why it timesout; there's no real internet connection when you try and run the modem. It's due to the protocol of the modem which basicall says, 'Send me a return signal on the internet so that I know to open a connection' in simple terms.
So, dial up your connection first, then open the browser. You should be okay.
If it's still slow or doesn't connect, try accessing another phone number from your ISP.