Wireless Dropout Only on This Computer...

Starting a couple of weeks ago I began to notice that towards the end of the day when the computer had been on at that point for 5 or 6 hours, Firefox would become completely unresponsive. I would type a website into the URL bar and hit enter and it would just sit there, I would hit refresh on different tabs and they literally just sit there, no error or "page cannot be displayed" error. AIM will continue to work though, Tweetdeck goes down, and any other program that uses internet will go down as well. I tried switching to an open network in my neighborhood and it makes no difference. My tool tray says that i'm still connected, it's sending and receiving packets and yet nothing that uses the internet will work. Any other computers or devices on the same network continue to work fine. The only way I can solve the issue is to restart in which case it's fine again for another 5 or 6 hours. What is the problem? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the wifi driver, no luck. This is completely ridiculous and I cannot find a solution.

Thanks,
- Cody

 

My suggestion would be to update the firmware on the router, especially if you are talking about the XPS in your signature.

N cards on non N routers causes some havok.

 

Given all you've written, it is not a router or wireless card issue. AIM uses "the internet"

The common thread here is that firefox (a browser) and tweetdeck (another browser) do not work.

No where do you mention the versions of your programs, but since they are both browser, they probably both use port 80.

I strongly suspect that tweetdeck is flooding your computer's port 80, preventing firefox sfrom connecting out (since I have never seen this behavior in firefox.)

I also note that the latest version of tweetdeck has this note:

It's not clear what that means, exactly, but I would uninstall (or update) tweetdeck temporarily to see if the problems go away.

 

Is there a reason then that this issue doesn't disappear once I close the programs in question? A total restart is required for any type of internet access (ethernet or wifi).

 

if AIM is working, the "internet" is working (as is your network).

I don't know what is going on other than the common denominator is port 80, which is what browsers use to communcate. Just because you quite the program does not mean it has completely exited.