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Links Don't Open on First Attempt - Random Problem
I use both Firefox and Chrome browsers both with current updates.
This is a weird problem that makes me think possibly my internet router (Netgear Nighthawk R6700) doing it - but I could be wrong. Many times I can't open links from outside the browser (link from an email, or from a desktop application, etc). Take for example a forum digest email (not from this forum). It has links to threads. If I click on one, it'll open a tab and say "server not found" - but the URL will be something weird like starting with "link.vesta.threadloom.new.....". If I click the Try Again button, the URL switches to the actual site but it still says "server not found". Then, if I hit that button like 6 more times it will finally open the thread page. It won't do this on every one, it seems to be random. If I click links on pages within the browser they work normally. Its like it is not redirecting outside links properly.
Then I opened a financial ledger application on my computer and clicked a link in the menu bar "check for updates" and it did not open the page, "server not found". It hit it a few more times and then it worked. I closed the tab, clicked on the link again, and it opened properly in a new tab. So its not just links coming in thru my email. And randomly. I tried disabling Windows Firewall but that didn't help.
**Just now as I write this, I clicked "preview post" and it said "server not found" on the tenforums.com URL. I clicked Try Again and it worked. So apparently it can happen on links within a browser.