IPv6 Nightmares. Why cant I not use!

[mark]

Ecmel Ercan Wrote: 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Drat.  That's why I was hoping for objective verification - I've been
known to see what I -wanted- to see before<g>.


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mark