firefox timing out before pages are loaded

[Peter Garrett]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:42:01 -0700
mjewell <mjewell at openmissoula.org> wrote:

> No settings were changed, and Firefox (1.07) is loading all pages slowly
> to the point of timing out before the page can be loaded.     

This may or may not solve your problem, but it's worth a try

Open

about:config

in the location field, then in the search field put "ipv6"  (without the
quotes). Change

network.dns.disableIPv6   to  "true"    and restart firefox (not sure if
the restart is needed, but that can't hurt either ;)

Some people's ISPs haven't quite got IPv6 right, apparently (according to
what I've heard - please correct me, someone, if I've misunderstood )

This change has made a dramatic difference for several people to whom I
suggested it on IRC.

Peter

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