Youtube breaking my connection. Need help please.

[IanM]

Hi guys

My PC is connected to the wifi network in my house via a network adapter. I mainly use Chrome where this issue starts. Sometimes while watching Youtube videos, it will stop buffering completely and then when I try to open any other website it just get stuck on "Waiting for ......" This issue then happens on all browsers afterwards. The only way to solve it is to restart the PC, and to do it 5-10 times in a 4 hour period is quite annoying.

Could use some suggestions as to why this is happening.

Thanks in advance!

 

[dcol90]

Youtube breaking my internet connection too

I see your post is from very long ago. I was however hoping you found an answer to this problem? I am having the exact same issues.

Hi guys

My PC is connected to the wifi network in my house via a network adapter. I mainly use Chrome where this issue starts. Sometimes while watching Youtube videos, it will stop buffering completely and then when I try to open any other website it just get stuck on "Waiting for ......" This issue then happens on all browsers afterwards. The only way to solve it is to restart the PC, and to do it 5-10 times in a 4 hour period is quite annoying.

Could use some suggestions as to why this is happening.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tim the Techxpert]

Hi There,
If you get the same result in other browsers then I would blame the PC. If it is only related to Chrome then that could be the problem
I have found Chrome, whilst quite fast is very resource hungry and I prefer Firefox or even Safari. Try those and see if you get the same issue.

Regards

Tim

 

[IanM]

Hi guys

I have not found a solution yet. Connection still breaking. I will perhaps uninstall Chrome and start working only from Firefox, and see if the problem persists.

What i have picked up though, is that is happens mostly when watching on Youtube...

Will keep you guys updated.

 

[Mark.K]

Try something called smartvideo that helped me a lot saw it on another thread here can't remember. It's a plug in for the browser

 

[Brandon]

My PC is connected to the wifi network in my house via a network adapter.

Have you tried connecting directly to your router with a lan cable?
Best to rule out if it's possibly a wifi related issue.