Speed up Firefox on Linux – Disable IPv6 Lookups

09-Jan-2009

Posted by Sonia Hamilton under Firefox, Networking

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A post a stumbled upon – Speed up Firefox on Linux – Disable IPv6 Lookups. I don’t know if it works but I’m trying it now.

In a nutshell:

about:config
in the filter field, type “DNS” and hit enter
double-click on “network.dns.disableIPv6″, changing its value from False to True

See also my other post pdnsd on Ubuntu for faster dns

Tags: Firefox, Networking

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4 Responses to Speed up Firefox on Linux – Disable IPv6 Lookups

Dean Hamstead09-Jan-2009 at 12:36

try fasterfox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9037

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- lol21-Apr-2012 at 03:15
  
  his fixed worked faster than yours… didn’t have to wait 20 minutes for a page to load and then download something, runs fast enough now that I don’t even have time to double click before the next page loads lol, fasterfox…. unnecessary hehe
  
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  - Sonia Hamilton21-Apr-2012 at 09:24
    
    Thanks!
    
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My name is Sonia Hamilton, I live in Sydney Australia. I work in IT, and previously I've been at companies like Optus, News Digital and Google.

I'm interested in all things Linux and Open Source, and I also enjoy martial arts - mainly Balintawak Arnis (Filipino stick fighting), and some BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). After all that training, I do Power Vinyasa Yoga to stretch out and relax. I also enjoy foreign languages - I speak Spanish, as well as some Portuguese and French.

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