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Using wireless for internet, yet firefox 3.0.5 constantly tries to dial up.

Darc Shadoe · 2009-11-24 16:00:50

Using wireless for internet and it works grand, yet firefox 3.0.5 constantly tries to dial up. No problem other than constantly being interrupted and having to click cancel. Quite annoying really. I cannot find settings the do this within the internet options/connection settings. If you know how to ammend this, please let…

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24-11-2009 5:00pm

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Darc Shadoe

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Using wireless for internet and it works grand, yet firefox 3.0.5 constantly tries to dial up. No problem other than constantly being interrupted and having to click cancel. Quite annoying really.

I cannot find settings the do this within the internet options/connection settings. If you know how to ammend this, please let me know! Thanks

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#2 24-11-2009 5:03pm
spurious

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It may be another program trying to update that is getting Firefox to try and connect.

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#3 24-11-2009 6:10pm
Darc Shadoe

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it happens when I connect to a new website, and while streaming videos from youtube. thanks for the observation though

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#4 24-11-2009 7:29pm
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Try disabling your dial-up connection if you always use wifi

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