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["Al Lelopath" <jdaues@xxxxxxxxx>]

I disabled ipv6 as you said and now firefox and thunderbird work normally.
I don't know if I need ipv6 or not :}


On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Don Raboud <dwraboud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2008 02:42:25 pm Al Lelopath wrote:
> > I've recently installed OpenSuSE 10.3 64 bit on an HP Pavilion laptop.
> > The internet connection, (DSL with modem/router and ethernet switch)
> > works, e.g. ping works all the time, but browsing with firefox and
> > email with thunderbird don't. (Firefox times out trying to contact a
> > site). Browsing with Konqueror works normally.
> > Any advice on what to do?
>
> Al, these are just guesses, but....
>
> Could firefox be somehow trying to use IPV6 addresses while your infrastruture
> doesn't support that?
>
> In firefox, type about:config into the address bar and search for and disable
> anything related to the use of IPV6.
>
> I haven't used Thunderbird in a long time, maybe there is something similar?
>
> Do you have IPV6 implemented on a system wide basis?
> (YaST->Network Devices -> Network Card -> Global Options)
> If it is enabled there, try disabling it there at least temporarily (unless of
> course you need IPV6).
>
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