Disabling IPv6

[mark]

Matt Zimmerman Wrote: 
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 12:32:52PM +0200, Ecmel Ercan wrote:
> 
> > I am using stock Mozilla Firefox.
> > 
> > With ipv6 enabled, firefox says "Resolving www.ubuntu.com" and waits
> for 9
> > (nine) seconds before the statusbar message changes to "Waiting for
> > data.." and then page loads.
> > 
> > With ipv6 disabled, I even do not see the "Resolving.." message
> which
> > means it resolves less than 1 (one) second.
> > 
> > Command line tools such as "host" command is not effected though.
> 
> Ah, I see.  I did not realize that it was specific to firefox.  Have
> you
> found any other applications which exhibit the problem?
> 
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Matt - no surprise, it also occurs in Mozilla 1.73 (the suite). 
Currently, I've got IPv6 enabled and I've done all of the recommended
Mozilla -about:config- hacks and -I think- the performance is okay - I
just don't know how to objectively measure any differences.

Mark


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