Monday, October 6, 2008

Practical tip to Speed up your Internet on Firefox.

Hi SG Guys and gals,

Do you know that for our normal singtel and starhub Internet users, we do not need IPv6 protocol as the protocol is not used for home consumers?

What is IPv6? U can read from the link below"
Definition and info of IPv6

What this means is that by default IPv6 whenever u surf your net, protocol check and some redundant check on IPv6 will take place (eating up abit of bandwidth). Therefore by disabling IPv6 is a wise and smart move to speed up your internet.

Instruction on Disabling IPv6 for Firefox users:
  1. In the Location bar, type about:config, and press Enter.
    • The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise!, to continue to the about:config page.
  2. In the displayed list, type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the Filter textbox.
  3. Find the entry for network.dns.disableIPv6.
  4. If the value is false, double-click on it, to change the value to true.
    • If the value is already true, IPv6 is already disabled, so it isn't causing your problem.
  5. Close Firefox, start it again, and try to reach a web site.

If disabling IPv6 doesn't resolve the problem, re-enable IPv6 by setting the preference back to false.

*XP SP 2 I.E Users have IPv6 disabled by default.

Hope u enjoy the tips.

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