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After change the network connection to cable, or to a different Wifi, firefox can't connect to the internet unless restarted

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After change the network connection to cable, or to a different Wi-Fi network, Firefox will lose connection and will be unable to access any website unless its is restated, closing all Firefox windows.

The problem happens when:

1. I have the Firefox opened, I disconnect from wife A, Firefox lost connection, then I connect to Wi-Fi B, all other browsers can connect, but Firefox does not. (if Wi-Fi A and B are from different router)

2. A start the computer disconnected, I open the Firefox, I connect to internet, any other browser that was previously opened can connect, but Firefox does not.

OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210912 Firefox version (91.0.2. It occurs in the last two years, it is so annoying)

After change the network connection to cable, or to a different Wi-Fi network, Firefox will lose connection and will be unable to access any website unless its is restated, closing all Firefox windows. The problem happens when: 1. I have the Firefox opened, I disconnect from wife A, Firefox lost connection, then I connect to Wi-Fi B, all other browsers can connect, but Firefox does not. (if Wi-Fi A and B are from different router) 2. A start the computer disconnected, I open the Firefox, I connect to internet, any other browser that was previously opened can connect, but Firefox does not. OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210912 Firefox version (91.0.2. It occurs in the last two years, it is so annoying)

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I'm not able to replicate the issue. Your browser version is not current for Tumbleweed. Can you download a separate copy of Firefox and try the same steps? I got off the distro version last year because I was losing tabs.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210915 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.14.2-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ CPU @ 2.80GHz Memory: 31.0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4600

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I'm not able to replicate the issue. Your browser version is not current for Tumbleweed. Can you download a separate copy of Firefox and try the same steps? I got off the distro version last year because I was losing tabs.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release

Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210915 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.14.2-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ CPU @ 2.80GHz Memory: 31.0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4600

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jonzn4SUSE disse

I'm not able to replicate the issue. Your browser version is not current for Tumbleweed. Can you download a separate copy of Firefox and try the same steps? I got off the distro version last year because I was losing tabs. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20210915 KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.85.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 Kernel Version: 5.14.2-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4810MQ CPU @ 2.80GHz Memory: 31.0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4600

I still have the problems in a few websites... however, is better than before...