Connection Keeps Timing out!:(

Doubt you'll check this so many weeks later, but came across this looking for something *completely* different; which means many other people will too:

Firefox has nothing to do with your wireless internet connection.

Your connection is entirely managed by the Operating System and/or any software you have managing your Network Interface Card (in this case, your wireless card).

To my knowledge, there are no plugins available for firefox that would enable it to have any kind of effect on your connections - indeed, it would be a grave security issue if a browser had that kind of level of access.


In answer to the first poster, often times this is a driver problem or a hardware problem. Some wireless internet cards are quite cheap, for instance, budget laptops. Many of the laptops provided for educational or business institutions by companies like HP or Dell will use budget wifi cards which have poorly designed antennas and low-power transceivers.

You may find the issue resolved by sitting closer to a WAP (Wireless Access Point).

It may also be resolved by updating your wifi drivers.

If none of this is helpful, you should check with someone IT oriented and see if they can force the router in your office to arrange specific access for your laptop.

Sometimes, it just won't work, and in that case, you'd need someone with expertise in the area to handle it on site, as there are many possibilities that someone with no technical experience would have difficulty checking.