........... O....K!!!
That is indeed what it does Michael, when it doesn't timeout. I had
previously read up on F'Fox and turned on the various turbocharging
options, but hadn't thought of ipv6.
So I changed "network.dns.disableIPv6" to true on the hosts behind the
switch and Wow! That's a bit more like what I might expect.
ipv6 has always been a bit of a black box I've tried to avoid as long as
possible. Guess I need to start reading up on it. Or disabling it!
Allow me here to thank each and every one of you that have put up with
my ignorance to assist in debugging this issue.
I'm not convinced that's all there is to it just yet. For instance, the
Linux box is still an order of magnitude faster to load a page,
network.dns.disableIPv6 is true by default in T'Bird on the hosts which
still timeout on initial connection and all hosts are only using the
linux box itself as name server.
But where we are now will go a long way to dispersing aggravation in the
local browsing community.
Thanks again.
ipv6 ..... mumble, groan, must read ..... pain in th..... mumble, groan,
ipv6
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Kind Regards
Kyle
Michael Chesterton wrote:
Does it sit there for 11 seconds, then load all of a sudden, or does it
start loading right from
the start?
I'm wondering if firefox is doing IPv6 lookups and failing. If you want
to test, disable IPv6 in firefox (about:config) or use the same
nameservers as the linux router
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