firefox timing out before pages are loaded

[mjewell]

On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 10:49 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote:
> 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
> 

Thx, Peter --
This sounds promising!  Which directory has the file that need
editing?  

PS love the Stephenson quote.