For the last week or so I've been having trouble with foxfire and IE for this site. I have to try several times to post something. The message I get says to check with my internet connection, but I'm connected.

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening? It's very aggravating.

This is the message:
The connection was reset













The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.








* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

 

i think your firewall is blocking connection to page just check out firewall and turn it off

it happened wid me and i solved it

cheers

 

It could be your actual internet, try re-setting your modem (turn it off, wait a sec. then turn it back on). I had to do this all the time with my crappy cable modem, sometimes you just need to reset it. If it keeps up, I recommend investing in a new modem.

 

Thanks for the assist, megahot and Liskrig. I'll try your suggestions.

 

im no computer buff but sounds ike your internet is having issies maybe your cable/dsl modem or router, is it jsut some sites or all of them?

 

You are most welcome...

 

+1
I try resetting my modem once a week to prevent these kinds of problems.
Take the plugs out of it for 10 seconds or is what I would do when resetting it. It might take a minute to "come back to life" though.

 

It's a new router, but an older modem. It does it on other sites, too, but mostly this one. I thought it might be just with firefox, but I tried the IE and it did it with that, too.

That sounds like a good idea, bearman. Thanks!

 

+1

agreed to suggestion and its better safest method to be done

 

I'd prefer for you to upgrade from IE, as it is very buggy and not secure.

Sure, resetting your router would work, but only for so long.

The next time it happens, open up command prompt and run "tracert forums.xnxx.com" (w/o quotations).

That should tell you if there are any breaks in the connections between your pc and these forums.

If there is no break (aka timeout), tell us what kind of setting your pc is in (home, etc.... # of pcs on network...)

I'm no computer expert, so take this with a grain of salt, meaning it may not fix the problem.

-SLAVE-

Also, turning off your firewall could fix the problem. Credit to whomever said it.

 

Not a problem Lionness anytime.
Megahot4u I do agree it is the safest. I try to solve my computer problems with going to the simplest and safest solution first...:excited:
and then progressing untill the booting of windows...

 

I ran a defrag last night thinking that might help, but it didn't. I don't use IE much anyway...I just tried it to see if maybe firefox was messing up.

Wouldn't turning off my firewall cause other problems?

You mean throwing it out the window? I threw a sewing machine in the garbage once b/c it was messing up.

 

I would check your Firewall settings, and then check for any virus prevention software and look for options pertaining this site.

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Hope it helps.

Though I'm sure someone here will give a much more thorough answer.
=D

 

What do you mean by "options pertaining this site?"

 

Well, under Norton or other virus prevention programs, they have a list of sites that you can send/recieve information about.
This might be on a high risk list or something of the sort, I'm not too sure it's the problem though since you can still post messages, even if it takes a few times.

 

I just checked the security features and the firewall and virus protections are "ON."

I've never had my computer do what it's doing now.

 

my cable modem has a battery backup so therefore i have to hit a reset button at the back of the modem so you might want to try that too lioness

 

Hit the reset button...got it! I'll keep trying until something works. Thanks!!

 

Hiya somehow the other day i mananged to block my whole internet. It ended up being my firewall, something must have popped up saying allow or not and i'd clicked the other one, as this happens alot. If you check this first it maybe that you have blocked your connection to this site.

Also as i'm sure you can guess i don't really know much about computers and it was a friend who suggested i see if my firewall was doing that.

 

PC Fix

Heres a simple way to over ride your Server

use 208.67.222.222 as the primary dns
and 208.67.220.220 as the secondary

works like a charm

Its called a Rednecks firewall

ShaveR

Pompano Beach

FL