IPv6: should be enabled or disable?

Harry Strongburg harry.ubuntu at harry.lu
Mon Dec 12 00:18:14 UTC 2011


On Fri, Dec 09, 2011 at 04:16:30PM +0000, R Kimber wrote:
> It used to be said that Firefox was faster if you disabled IPv6 in
> about:config. Is this relevant?

If (either your ISP or your networking setup) is giving you invalid 
routes for some reason, then yes, it would cause a slow load to a site 
that is IPv6 enabled. It shouldn't need to be changed unless you're the 
1% that is using a broken network setup.




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