My internet at home cuts out when I open a new tab to browse

all that porn smh

Man, if it was even porn at least I could explain, but it's not even that. It's just regular browsing or watching Netflix and then the internet dies for a 10-15 seconds.

I got an "unsupported browser" message from FB despite being on Chrome today. I quit and relaunched and it stopped but that was real strange, especially since the chat side was working too just not the feed.

Say, I was streaming something in another window

have you tried another browser to see if It is an issue with Chrome? And have you disabled plugins?

I'll have to monitor it better. Was wondering if it was my tab extension (Currently) but it's not an issue at work despite my setup being identical.

What OS , version, and who made the network chip you're using on the PC

Have you tried updating your bios?

By Captain Yolo Von Butts Go To PostWhat OS , version, and who made the network chip you're using on the PC

Early 2013 15" MacBook Pro

Card Type: AirPort Extreme
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.21.94.29.1a4)

By Jay Whatever Go To PostHave you tried updating your bios?

Should be up to date.

EDIT: Seems to be doing it whenever I am downloading a large file. Firefox doesn't do it. Chrome definitely does.

That wasn't a serious suggestion. I don't know what a bios does.

Hrmm, disabling the Currently extension seemingly did it... All that extension does is get the time and the weather. Maybe it's because fetching my location and that cuts things off for some reason?

By Jay Whatever Go To PostThat wasn't a serious suggestion. I don't know what a bios does.

lmao

By Jay Whatever Go To PostThat wasn't a serious suggestion. I don't know what a bios does.

This fucking guy.

By reilo Go To PostHrmm, disabling the Currently extension seemingly did it… All that extension does is get the time and the weather. Maybe it's because fetching my location and that cuts things off for some reason?

Could be your router's firewall conflicting with the extension every time it tries to ping your location.

By Jay Whatever Go To PostThat wasn't a serious suggestion. I don't know what a bios does.

LMAO

Hmm if it was Windows 10 I 'd know what was up, not sure about Mac. It's possible that extension is opening a lot of connections and your router isn't dropping them fast enough, slowing down your internet each time a tab is opened and the extension triggers (afiak, each tab is sandboxed from the other, so any extensions are duplicated into each one if they hook into tabs)

reilo no

u were supposed to be infallible

my slaent life is a lie

By Jay Whatever Go To PostThat wasn't a serious suggestion. I don't know what a bios does.

amazing :lol

By Jay Whatever Go To PostThat wasn't a serious suggestion. I don't know what a bios does.

lmao.
i almost spit out my drink, you wanker.

Update the OS. Updating the OS solves the wifi issue. Also update Chrome and all your browsers. Install Little Snitch and find out what is trying to connect to your network. Download Malware Bytes and scrape off any malware.

*EDIT*

Linksys fam? REALLY? Get you a Netgear and thank us later. Go purchase Clamxav or google free mac antivirus and get out whatever is in your system. You prolly went to a sports streaming site and got hit without you knowing it.

I ended up buying a new Motorola Surfboard to replace the crappy modem that we currently have, so maybe that'll help. I am certain I don't have any viruses because OSX.

By reilo Go To PostI ended up buying a new Motorola Surfboard to replace the crappy modem that we currently have, so maybe that'll help. I am certain I don't have any viruses because OSX.

This has been my experience in the past. It's usually the modem or router that just craps out - it says everything's running fine, speednet test looks great, but real world usage is just dead.

I go through routers every 2-3 years and that's how it always starts out.

I can only imagine how clouded the Wifi is in a place like SF proper.

By 33MillionDollarMen Go To PostI can only imagine how clouded the Wifi is in a place like SF proper.

Probably looks like a Jackson Pollack painting if you could see the waves hitting the walls.

It was kind of fun being the first family in our neighborhood to have broadband internet.. only about 3 houses had dialup, I got my first job and threw most of my paycheck at getting broadband at the time. Because of that, we were the only ones with wireless internet. One of my brothers' friends that lived a block and a half away could get on our internet from his house.

Today there's roughly about 30 wireless home networks in that same neighborhood. Can barely get wifi from our home network being on the front sidewalk anymore.

I can't get wifi from my living room to my bedroom and it's a 25 foot walk. Wifi just outright dies in the hallway.

Oh glorious SB6141. Got real internet speeds now. PITA to get the damn thing setup with a router, but the cloning my laptop's MAC address trick and calling Comcast one more time did the trick.

The Slaent architect was having internet connectivity issues for a business week. Slaent had a good run.

By Moris Go To PostThe Slaent architect was having internet connectivity issues for a business week. Slaent had a good run.

Sharp wouldn't let this happen.

Debatable if Blackace would let this happen.

FOH

Been having these issues the entire time in this apartment, just gradually fixed some of the issues one-by-one.