Opera not reaching the Internet?
I had a strange experience today when suddenly Opera could not reach the Internet. I'd upgraded to Opera 8.51 a few days ago and, as usual, was happily surfing along. Ended up with a lot of windows open, and at a site where, it seemed, the page kept trying to refresh.
The URL displayed by Opera (the page which it was apparently calling or attempting to transfer to?) was http://yoururl.com — though I couldn't see the rest of the URL. The speed of this "refresh" kept increasing, and clicking the "stop" button didn't keep it stopped for very long.
I closed windows and went on about my business … only to find that I couldn't reach the Internet with Opera. Email worked. RSS feeds worked. FTP worked. I disabled JavaScript; nothing. I rebooted; nothing. I reinstalled Opera; no joy. And then I discovered that I could reach the 'Net with other browsers, including earlier versions of Opera.
Good enough, but not really. I guess that everyone prefers the browser of his/her choice (it sounds silly even saying it), so I ended up on the Opera forums (in Firefox <grin>) … where I found the thread Opera won't access Internet; other browsers do.
And there was the clue: check your proxy settings. As it turned out, somehow my proxy settings had been selected instead of left unchecked. I unchecked them, and all is well; Opera 8.51 can reach the 'Net again.
Not sure how this came about or what exactly happened here; this would be one of those things that I'm not familiar with. Though I do find it pretty creepy.
At any rate, may this help someone else, as it took me a while to find the answer.
Have your say ...
If this is your first comment, it will be held for moderation (but comments are appreciated). Otherwise, just be courteous, don't drop links unless highly pertinent — and no substituting keywords for your name. Posters must be 16 or older. We use Akismet, so if you don't see your non-spam comment posted, contact me.
