Speed Up Rendering in Firefox

[Digital.K]

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

[neatofx]

Nice. Doing it now :)

[j.r.l.]

Works great.

Try with

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=243907

[Kriz]

Working great (Y)

[kainashi]

works great. i guess there's a slight increase in speed.

[xpgeek]

Before I try this I'm wondering, isn't this needed, or evenutually will be, needed for things ?

[Code.Red]

What exactly is IPv4 and IPv6?

I searched on google but didn't find a real explanation..

[TmasterT]

i have a huge increase in speed

[gigapixels Veteran]

Holy crap! This is incredibly fast! Thanks a lot.

[GNRambo]

me too! w00t thanks

[NeoXY]

I don't see much difference....maybe a bit....

[jafoman]

I actually see a big difference... This is awesome...

jafo

[NeoXY]

I take what I said back...it's awsome....:yes:.....:laugh:...:happy:

[doubledragonxz]

yes! its a little bit faster, thanks a lot!

[ChicoCahill]

wow

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

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.

[GNRambo]

makes my download speed go all weird :|

[jafoman]

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

[Dan.Varga]

Thanks!

[tickbabies]

makes my download speed go all weird :|

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i too noticed that. my dl speed started out really high 2200 KB/s

[xpgeek]

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 ?

[Ateoto]

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 ?

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They should still work, since IPv6 is compatible with IPv4.

[T-Grey]

thanks man, really sped things up

[aam]

great tip............ :cool:

[Mason Metcalfe]

awsome