Firefox not finding websites on first attempt

[Jadugar]

hmm, you guys can try disabling pipelining and seeing if that gets you anywhere.

Go to the URL bar and type in about:config

Look for:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining

and set them to false. If those entries do not exist, rightclick and add them

[Guest]

Tried that and mine already say false!!

[baerd]

If anyone with the resolving host problem is using ZoneAlarm, it's possible ZoneAlarm hasn't been configured correctly.

[Jadugar]

ok, try this then.

1. Go to your profile folder: http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?t ... ile_Folder
2. Shutdown firefox and kill firefox.exe in task manager if it exists
3. rename your profile folder
4. Start firefox (dont be alarmed as none of your settings will be there).
5. Browse around and see if the error still exists.
6. If it doesn't exist, go back to the profile folder, close firefox, delete the new firefox profile (not your old renamed profile).
7. Rename your old profile back to previous folder name
8. In your profile folder, create a txt file called user.txt
9. put this inside the file:

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user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", true);
user_pref("content.max.tokenizing.time", 2250000);
user_pref("content.notify.backoffcount", 5);
user_pref("content.notify.interval", 750000);
user_pref("content.notify.ontimer", true);
user_pref("content.switch.threshold", 750000);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections", 48);
user_pref("network.http.max-connections-per-server", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 16);
user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 8);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);
user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 8);
user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);
user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 750);

10. Rename the user.txt file to user.js
11. Start firefox and see if it fixes it?

[Axel_nm]

Having a simliar problem also, but on a clunky old dialup, 56kpbs.
My nerdbox is Celeron 2.4 GHz, 512 MB Ram, Win XP Home

[Deano19]

When trying to acces any page an alert box comes up and says "www.yahoo.com cannot be found please check name and try again" I have tryed reinstalling but no joy, also normal inetnet expolrer works but does not let me clik on cant click on HyperText Transfer Protocol links ahhh goin nuts lol.

[Vectorspace]

I get that problem too - Usually, when I load a page, the page (if it is going to load) connects and begins downloading instantly. But sometimes, I get the 'Looking up ...' message for several seconds. I don't wait for it to time out, I just click in the adress bar and hit enter (or re-click the link) - to refresh the connection - then it works instantly. It happens very intermittently, so I don't know yet if this fix worked.

[Guest]

Well it turns out changing the IPv6 setting has not fixed it entirely...altought it does seem to happen less often now.

[Guest]

Someone post a bug of this, it will then possibly come as standard or be fixed somehow for other users.

[elfcurry]

I have the same problem, but as I've only been running FF 1.0PR in the last week or so, I may have had the same thing on IE6. Sorry, can't be sure.

Similar spec machine to Dreamerboy (650MHz Win 98SE) but on dialup. I've just changed the setting to try it.

[Guest]

I thought I was the only one with this problem, as I posted about this months ago (when I first upgraded from 0.8 to 0.9) but no one replied. After about a week, the problem disappeared on its own. About four days ago, I upgraded from 0.9 to 1.0PR and the same problem started two days ago. I searched this forum for similar problems but did not find any. I decided to give up and just wait it out like I did before. Hopefull your fix worked! Thanks =)

[mastavic]

I thought I was the only one with this problem, as I posted about this months ago (when I first upgraded from 0.8 to 0.9) but no one replied. After about a week, the problem disappeared on its own. About four days ago, I upgraded from 0.9 to 1.0PR and the same problem started two days ago. I searched this forum for similar problems but did not find any. I decided to give up and just wait it out like I did before. Hopefully the fix worked! Thanks =)

[flgatr]

Similar problem here. Sometimes, when clicking on a link, a new firefox window iwll open up, and the bottom message will say 'connecting to ct.com' (or whatever site it should be trying to get to, and there it hangs. If I wait long enough (usually about 15 seconds or so) it comes back with operation timed out. Clicking OK at this point leaves me with a blank window. Now here's the strange part... if I leave the window that is trying to connect (leaving it open), and go back and click on link I was trying to get to again (keep in mind, the other window is still open and attempoting to connect), the second firefox window will usually connect. If I leave that first window up, even after it times out, it appears to act as a dummy, as the issue will not repeat itself as long as it stays around. If I close it, and all other firefox windows, the issue will typically occur again. I tried changing the dns setting, but no luck. This prob doesn;t exist in IE (yuuuck!).

Also get "cannot establish encrypted connection to ...." occasionally when trying to go to https sites. I have automatic proxy config selected in connection settings, with the same proxy value I used in IE, but firefox still not sailing as smooth as I think it could.

Anyone???

[djbrock]

Same trouble with www.anncoulter.org

[ohman]

i had this issue could not figure out the reason, but after changing my JavaScript settings to allow Status Bar text change, problem has gone, at least for now. makes nosense to me why but you can try!!!
tools->options->Web Features->Advanced and allow "Change status bar text".