topic Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops in Discussions

Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops

FFUser — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:24:11 GMT

Hi,

At the moment, when the local internet connection drops while using FireFox and I then re-connect to the internet successfully. FireFox is still frozen and can't load any of the pages unless I restart it completely. Please Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the connection has dropped, once it is up again. So I don't have to restart FireFox, every time.

Thanks.

Re: Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops

jscher2000 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:08:50 GMT

Does it work to switch Firefox between online and offline using the File menu?

File > Work Offline

(On Windows, you can call up the File menu by pressing Alt+F, or the menu bar by tapping the Alt key or F10 key.)

Re: Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops

FFUser — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 23:25:29 GMT

Hi,

Sorry for the late reply. I'll give this a go and let you know how it goes.

Thanks.

Re: Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops

FFUser — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 20:01:13 GMT

Hi,

I gave this a go but it still does not reconnect at all. I'm still forced to restart FireFox, so FireFox can reconnect to the local network connection.

Thanks.

Re: Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops

mikaris01 — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 05:16:49 GMT

I have a similar issue. I'll be using firefox and then randomly it'll stop connecting to the internet. I have to shut down firefox and reopen it for it to connect again, very strange. I'm on 102.9 ESR. I never had this issue with the last version I was using 78.11 ESR.

Re: Force FireFox to reconnect to the internet after the local network connection drops

Carit — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 15:57:43 GMT

I have this same issue. Sometimes I cannot access the web on this PC, but on another PC using Firefox there is no problem getting on. Sometimes I can access a page, but a few pages in the photos or other information grays out or the page gets stuck. I have to restart entirely. This affects ordering anything. Any ideas on how to stop this? Firefox should be updated to prevent this problem. I have checked everything else with my IT person.