Connection to online server keeps dropping

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Hi. I’m using Suse 13.1 x86, on my Dell Vostro 1500. I have all Packman repos installed, and everything is up to date. My Firefox browser(43.0.3) was working just fine until an update a couple weeks ago. I now have a problem keeping a connection with many websites, including Youtube. The connection is initially made, then drops. I have to keep hitting reload in order to get it to finally load up the web page. A real pain in the rear. It has something to do with “security/TLS”, but I have no idea how to correct the problem. Using Konqueror is also a problem online, so there is a setting on my computer which is negatively affecting the server connections.

Thanks

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More info about your network configuration would be useful here. Wireless or wired ethernet? Hardware details?

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --netcard

Just to start with, you could test with a couple of constant pings in separate terminal windows - one to your gateway, one to an internet address to see if they drop at the same time, or whether this just relates specifically to a browser issue

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Hi
Maybe clear out your cache and cookies since there have been a few openssl updates, maybe have some stale info.

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Hi there. Firefox deletes all cookies when closed, and I never use a cache.

Thanks For the reply.

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Hi there. I’m using wifi. I have an HP wifi card which always worked perfectly.

output:

douglas@linux-umxw:~> /usr/sbin/hwinfo --netcard
26: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: rBUF.D3IRjcbqWwE
Parent ID: 6NW+.5udqMqsQMl3
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX”
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
Device: pci 0x170c “BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX”
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
SubDevice: pci 0x0228
Revision: 0x02
Driver: “b44”
Driver Modules: “ssb”, “b44”
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xf9bfe000-0xf9bfffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 17 (1884203 events)
HW Address: 00:1c:23:96:b7:ce
Link detected: no
Module Alias: “pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001028sd00000228bc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: b44 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe b44”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #20 (PCI bridge)

31: PCI c00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: y9sn.eYBzW3bmQnB
Parent ID: qTvu.HPUvhG3VrRF
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0c:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:0c:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter”
Vendor: pci 0x168c “Atheros Communications Inc.”
Device: pci 0x001c “AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter”
SubVendor: pci 0x103c “Hewlett-Packard Company”
SubDevice: pci 0x137a
Revision: 0x01
Driver: “ath5k”
Driver Modules: “ath5k”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xf9ff0000-0xf9ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 17 (1884203 events)
HW Address: 00:23:4d:5a:72:df
Link detected: yes
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000103Csd0000137Abc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: ath5k is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe ath5k”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)

Hardware info:

Intel core 2 duo 2.00GHZ
4GB Ram

Linux 3.11.10-29-desktop

openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (i586)

kde 4.11.5

Thanks!

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Have you investigated the connectivity issues with wireshark or tcpdump…?

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Your ath5k wireless chipset rang a few bells. This thread may be of interest to you

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/512890-Wireless-network-Ethernet-slow