Chrome : Error 104 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED)

by Veerasundar on October 10, 2008

Initially there were no problems with Google Chrome browser. It just worked out of the box. But suddenly one fine day, it stopped loading web pages, showing “Error 104 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED)” message. At first I thought it’s a fresh bug coming out of chrome, Since Firefox and IE were just fine, I had to put the blame on Chrome.

But later, I found that Zone Alarm firewall is blocking Chrome. Somehow, the application settings for Chrome in Zone alarm are all set to “Deny” and Chrome was failing to make a connection to internet. At first, I didn’t have a clue why chrome was failing but when I googled for the error message “Error 104 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_FAILED)“, it came to my mind that firewall might be the problem.

Now changed the setting and Chrome is back in action.

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{ 6 comments }

chaitanya October 24, 2008 at 9:28 AM: To start with I also didnt like Chrome in its first sight.

Later I am loving it.I liked incognito mode
Veerasundar October 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM: //I liked incognito mode//
KusaiNeko December 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM: i have the same problem. google chrome can't connect to the internet. and i can only make it work if i run the google web accelerator with it. firefox works just fine even without the accelerator. firewall isn't blocking chrome. the the web accelerator make changes to my computer?.
KusaiNeko December 20, 2008 at 10:26 AM: i have the same problem. google chrome can't connect to the internet. and i can only make it work if i run the google web accelerator with it. firefox works just fine even without the accelerator. firewall isn't blocking chrome. the the web accelerator make changes to my computer?.
mike shep March 20, 2009 at 9:26 PM: I had the same problem, but neither Chrome or IE worked, but Firefox worked fine. If the problem isnt with your fire wall try this. After a little poking around I found that IE and Chrome both use the same type of means to access the internet so, this is what worked for me.

Open IE and on the menu: Tools -> Internet Options
Hit the Connections tab, then hit the LAN Settings button and UNCHECK
“Use a proxy server for your LAN”, then OK both windows.
refresh the browser and it should work.

hope this helps.
Craig April 1, 2009 at 8:08 PM: @ mike shep

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been struggling with this simple issue for a while. I’m running windows 7 at the moment and as silly as this is I was just too frightened to start poking away at some miner connection tweaks. Thank you so much.