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I tried uploading five video files to Dropbox overnight using my laptop and the app/program installed. When I woke up this morning it said "waiting for network connection" and the files were not uploaded. I am using an HP laptop running Windows 10 Home edition.
I tried chat support and they said it was my internet connection...that is rich considering I was chatting with them using the same internet connection. They escalated it to their specialty team this morning and I have received zero reponse from anyone since.
When I asked if I could speak to a member of the escalation team via chat, phone, other I was told no and they would get back to me eventually. That is just not acceptable from a customer service standpoint.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. It is Ticket #10339709
Thanks for reaching out to us here @Dragonstars!
I'm sorry to hear that you're having issues with this. I was able to locate your open ticket and I've passed along your comments from here to keep them in the loop.
Since the error message is regarding a network connection, a way for us to isolate the issue is to see if connecting to other WiFi or data networks shows a difference in the behaviour.
If you haven't already, if you have any antivirus or firewalls apps on this device, can you try temporarily disabling them to see if you can upload one of the files?
Let me know!
Daphne
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
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@Dragonstars wrote:
Why would having my device protected prevent me from uploading files?
Because many antivirus and firewall applications have been known to block Dropbox, even with exclusions in place. Disabling them is a test, nothing more.
It's not the internet!
If it's saying "Waiting for connection" then something is blocking Dropbox's access to the Internet. It's not a problem with Dropbox itself, but something else that's getting in the way.
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