IPv6 Nightmares. Why cant I not use!

[Ecmel Ercan]

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:28:49 -0500, mark wrote:

> 
> mark Wrote: 
>> From a practical (i.e., user) viewpoint, browsing the Internet seems
>> noticeably quicker without IPv6.  This has been noted elsewhere, BTW -
>> Fedora (my distro, prior to my "conversion") has the same issue.  There
>> was quite a bit of traffic on FedoraForum regarding this.
>> 
>> I seem to recall that it may be a Mozilla gotcha, not a
>> kernel/module/protocol one, but I can't remember where I saw that
>> (damn, another senior moment!).
>> 
>> MarkOkay, maybe someone else can try this for confirmation:
> 
> 1) Open Mozilla/Firefox
> 2) Enter -about:config- in the address bar
> 3) Scroll down to/search for -network.dns.disableIPv6- 
> 4) Change the value from -false- to -true- 
> 5) Exit the browser and restart (if you've disabled IPv6, you'll need
> to reinstate it)
> 6) Fire up the browser and test it out
> 
> I've done these things & now have IPv6 loaded & -I think- the
> performance is okay - I really don't know how to objectively measure
> it, which is why I'm looking for verification.
> 
> Mark

I tried it before, and did not help. The only solution was removing the
ipv6 module.