Digital.K Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 (edited) I did a forum search to be sure this hasnt been posted......But even with broadband , I notice that Firefox kinda lags between pages. Being a new user of Ubuntu linux, I found a tweak on their site for disabling IPv6 in Firefox, because most if not all of the web is still using IPv4, and it works in Windows version of Firefox too. Open Firefox..type about:config look for :Network.dns.disableIPv6 Double click to to toggle it to 'true' and then restart Firefox. You should notice a speed increase, page to page. Edited November 14, 2004 by Digital_k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neatofx Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Nice. Doing it now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.l. Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Works great. Try with https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=243907 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Working great (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainashi Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 works great. i guess there's a slight increase in speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpgeek Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Before I try this I'm wondering, isn't this needed, or evenutually will be, needed for things ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 What exactly is IPv4 and IPv6? I searched on google but didn't find a real explanation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TmasterT Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 i have a huge increase in speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted November 16, 2004 Veteran Share Posted November 16, 2004 Holy crap! This is incredibly fast! Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 me too! w00t thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I don't see much difference....maybe a bit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafoman Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I actually see a big difference... This is awesome... jafo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 I take what I said back...it's awsome....:yes:.....:laugh:...:happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledragonxz Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 yes! its a little bit faster, thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoCahill Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 16, 2004 Global Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2004 IPv4 and v6 are internet protocols... how the data is transferred... v4 is the standard now and v6 is slowly being implemented around the world... it wont come into full swing until 2008-2010 sadly... it's a huge infrastructure change, but the benefits will be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 makes my download speed go all weird :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jafoman Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 What other benefits are there other than a huge increase in available addresses? I posted a comment for the guy who wrote the network tweak extension to add a disableIPv6 option too. :yes: jafo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan.Varga Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickbabies Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 makes my download speed go all weird :| 584927399[/snapback] i too noticed that. my dl speed started out really high 2200 KB/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpgeek Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 i'm wondering tho, "most if not all sites are stil using IPv4", that means some sites are using IPv6, will these sites not work anymore ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ateoto Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 First of all, WOW, that is a lot faster. Started recommending this to all my FireFox friends. i'm wondering tho, "most if not all sites are stil using IPv4", that means some sites are using IPv6, will these sites not work anymore ? 584927587[/snapback] They should still work, since IPv6 is compatible with IPv4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Grey Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 thanks man, really sped things up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aam Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 great tip............ :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Metcalfe Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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