On Tuesday 01 March 2005 08:29, Elijah Savage wrote: <snip>
Any ideas?
Hi Elijah, Here's what I'd do if I were "in the driver's seat": YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Cards under "Network cards configuration"... -> click 'Change' under 'Already configured devices' -> your nic should already be highlighted; click 'Edit' -> verify the Automatic address setup (via DHCP) checkbox is selected -> click 'Host name and name server setting' then 'Accept' (not 'Modify') -> verify and jot down the existing entries for Name Server 1 & 2 (3?) + Domain Search 1 & 2 (3?) I like to have these for later reference. -> verify the 'Update name servers and search list via DHCP checkbox is selected -> click 'Back' then 'Routing'; verify your default gateway is entered here. (the one in my router is 192.168.1.1) -> uncheck the 'Enable IP Forwarding' checkbox if it has been accidentally selected previously -> click 'Back' then 'Advanced' and 'DHCP Client Options' -> leave DHCP Client Identifier blank; verify 'Host Name to Send' is set to "AUTO" -> click 'Next' to have YaST complete this configuration -> in Firefox, select 'Edit' and 'Preferences' -> select 'General' in the left panel, then 'Connection Settings' on the right -> verify these settings are appropriate for your environment (select 'Direct connection...' unless you're using a proxy) -> you should see 'localhost, 127.0.0.1' in the 'No Proxy for:' field -> click 'OK' -> enter 'about:config' in the main address bar. -> scroll down until you see this entry: user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", false); -> right-click on it and toggle it to "true" -> close and restart Firefox. -> go for a test drive and I hope you have improved results In my opinion, all things being equal, Firefox /does/ seem a smidgen slower on this machine than I expected it to be. But it's performance isn't /bad/ either -- just possibly a little disappointing after all the hype? good luck & regards! - Carl -- _______________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Keys 68396713 & F8207216 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/ -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------- Carl, Thank you very much I had already changed my network config back to DHCP all I had to do then was go to firefox and toogle Ipv6 to true and it works great. If you ask me it works better than on my windows box so I am not seeing the slowness now that you mentioned. I really appreciate it.
On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 10:56, Elijah Savage wrote:
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 08:29, Elijah Savage wrote: <snip>
Any ideas?
Hi Elijah,
Here's what I'd do if I were "in the driver's seat":
YaST -> Network Devices -> Network Cards
under "Network cards configuration"...
-> click 'Change' under 'Already configured devices'
-> your nic should already be highlighted; click 'Edit'
-> verify the Automatic address setup (via DHCP) checkbox is selected
Why does it -have to be set to DHCP? Fact is it does not so don't lead people down the wrong path. If they have a static address it will -not- make a difference.
-> click 'Host name and name server setting' then 'Accept' (not 'Modify')
-> verify and jot down the existing entries for Name Server 1 & 2 (3?) +
Domain Search 1 & 2 (3?) I like to have these for later reference.
-> verify the 'Update name servers and search list via DHCP checkbox is selected
-> click 'Back' then 'Routing'; verify your default gateway is entered here. (the one in my router is 192.168.1.1)
-> uncheck the 'Enable IP Forwarding' checkbox if it has been accidentally selected previously
-> click 'Back' then 'Advanced' and 'DHCP Client Options'
-> leave DHCP Client Identifier blank; verify 'Host Name to Send' is set
to "AUTO"
-> click 'Next' to have YaST complete this configuration
-> in Firefox, select 'Edit' and 'Preferences'
-> select 'General' in the left panel, then 'Connection Settings' on the
right
-> verify these settings are appropriate for your environment (select 'Direct connection...' unless you're using a proxy)
-> you should see 'localhost, 127.0.0.1' in the 'No Proxy for:' field
-> click 'OK'
-> enter 'about:config' in the main address bar.
-> scroll down until you see this entry:
user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", false);
-> right-click on it and toggle it to "true"
This is where I would start.
-> close and restart Firefox.
-> go for a test drive and I hope you have improved results
In my opinion, all things being equal, Firefox /does/ seem a smidgen slower on this machine than I expected it to be. But it's performance isn't /bad/ either -- just possibly a little disappointing after all the hype?
good luck & regards!
- Carl
-- _______________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Keys 68396713 & F8207216 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/
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Carl,
Thank you very much I had already changed my network config back to DHCP all I had to do then was go to firefox and toogle Ipv6 to true and it works great. If you ask me it works better than on my windows box so I am not seeing the slowness now that you mentioned. I really appreciate it.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 11:21, Ken Schneider wrote: <another huge whack (sigh)>
Why does it -have to be set to DHCP? Fact is it does not so don't lead people down the wrong path. If they have a static address it will -not- make a difference.
With all due respect Ken, no one said it "had to be" set to DHCP. Why would you inject a false premise and build a misguided critique on top of it? Frankly, I'm not comprehending the utility of this post at all. - Carl -- ____________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Keys 68396713 & F8207216 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/
On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 12:07, Carl E. Hartung wrote:
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 11:21, Ken Schneider wrote: <another huge whack (sigh)>
Why does it -have to be set to DHCP? Fact is it does not so don't lead people down the wrong path. If they have a static address it will -not- make a difference.
With all due respect Ken, no one said it "had to be" set to DHCP. Why would you inject a false premise and build a misguided critique on top of it? Frankly, I'm not comprehending the utility of this post at all.
Your earlier suggestion: -> click 'Change' under 'Already configured devices' -> your nic should already be highlighted; click 'Edit' -> verify the Automatic address setup (via DHCP) checkbox is selected ***************************** I didn't intend to offend anyone but instructions provided by you clearly state to use DHCP. I merely intended to set the record straight that DHCP was -not- a requirement. Anyone new would be inclined to follow these to the letter and could think that it had to set this way. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 * Only reply to the list please* "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 10:56, Elijah Savage wrote: <huge whack here>
Carl,
Thank you very much I had already changed my network config back to DHCP all I had to do then was go to firefox and toogle Ipv6 to true and it works great. If you ask me it works better than on my windows box so I am not seeing the slowness now that you mentioned. I really appreciate it.
<huge whack here, too> You're welcome, Elijah. I'm glad you got the results you were hoping for. And don't get me wrong: Firefox isn't /slow/ here, it just doesn't seem to me to be remarkably faster. It's quick enough and I'm happy with it, so that's what's important, isn't it? I only mentioned this observation because I thought your expectations might be too high. Now do me and the rest of the list a favor: I do appreciate you bottom posting but could you please trim your quotes, too? It's a PITA digging through repeat material when researching threads and this last full quote you sent was completely unnecessary. regards, - Carl -- _______________________________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Public Keys 68396713 & F8207216 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/
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