So I installed the different versions of Firefox on a new user account. Versions 21-24 worked properly, while 25-27 did not.
I also lost all my Firefox profile data.Didn't think installing FF on a different user account would interfere with FF on my original account.
That is interesting news about the versions. I wonder what has changed at version 25. I did not see anything obvious in the change log history... but - I'm not sure what I'm looking for.
Sorry about the profiles loss. I would not have expected that or I would have suggested backing it up.
Perhaps the hardware is failing on the Ethernet network adapter. Maybe some noise or intermittent connection is starting to develop. Maybe the timing of some things within Firefox has changed to speed things up. If info does not come in when expected, some process fails. Just vague conjectures :-(
As a matter of curiosity, you could pursue this in the Mozilla forums - but don't expect any changes to the browser - just maybe answers as to what has changed. It might also be interesting to see how IE9, IE10 and IE11 handle the state of your Ethernet network adapter.
IE v8-9 worked normally.
IE v10 was hit and miss, even in compatibility view.
IE v11 randomly struggled to get to the router's home page after login, but if it randomly did get through (after a few refreshes), everything worked fine. But if I enable compatiblity view, it logs in normally and everything works fine. How weird is that...
All versions worked normally through wifi.
Looks like you may be right about a failing network adapter. :/
Thanks for testing the IE versions. You are not the first person to have this issue with newer browsers having trouble with Routers and NAS devices. And I seem to recall another thread where the OP had the same Wi-Fi/Ethernet issue that you see (but I cannot find the thread).
Hopefully, you can just stick with using Wi-Fi. If Ethernet must be used, use another computer. It does not seem worth the time/effort/money to replace the laptop's Ethernet network adapter just for this issue.
Well IE11 in compatiblility mode seems to be working fine so far (AFAICS). I'll keep it installed for accessing router config.
I appreciate your time and help on the matter.
Cheers.
IE11 (with 64bit tabs) has some nice security features. I use it for important stuff.
Sure, you can mark it as solved
Oh dear... Just intalled an update for IE11. Now it won't get past login to main page, whether it's in compatibility mode or not. Downgraded to IE9. All good again. Hope no updates screw with IE9 else its down to IE8. LOL
Thanks for the update.
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