[Discuss] firefox question

[Ole Madsen]

I had a problem with Firefox being slow to find any
URL i requested.  It turned out to be the DNS
settings.  I checked with my ISP (telus) and found out
what IP #s to plug into the DNS settings...  Maybe
worth a try.

Cheers
Ole

--- Peter Withler <pwithler at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Since my last post I uninstalled FF 1.5.... and
> installed the latest, FF 
> 2.0.0.1. That made no difference in performance. The
> Windows machine on 
> the same network is fine so I think it must be a
> setting on the core5 
> install. I don't know anything about domain name
> servers etc. but could 
> this be some kind of name resolution problem?
> 
> I'll try the FTP etc and see how it is for speed
> etc.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Peter.
> 
> Kari Kostamo wrote:
> > Good day Peter
> >
> > I would download the latest version of firefox,
> remove the current one you
> > are using and then install the latest one.
> >
> > Do you have another computer you can network to to
> test the connection speed
> > internally?
> >
> > Are any other programs running very slowly: FTP,
> e-mail, ping, traceroute,
> > etc...
> >
> > There may be some other reason for the slow
> internet connection.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss-bounces at nanlug.org
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at nanlug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Peter Withler
> > Sent: December 30, 2006 8:53 PM
> > To: discuss at nanlug.org
> > Subject: [Discuss] firefox question
> >
> > My Firefox (default version 1.5.0.1-9) is very
> sluggish. Except for Google,
> > it either loads a page very slowly or not at all.
> >
> > This is a new install of Fedora Core 5. The
> machine has an onboard LAN card
> > and a Linksys LNE100TX PCI LAN card. During the
> install I specified
> > deactivating the onboard LAN card (eth0) and
> activating the Linksys card
> > (eth1). I read that core 5 has drivers for this
> card so I haven't installed
> > any drivers for it. Some settings (from the menu)
> that I checked follow:
> >
> > Network Proxy Preferences is set to "Direct
> Internet Connection"
> >
> > System/Administration/Network/Devices confirms
> eth0 is InActive and eth1 is
> > Active.
> > System/Administration/Network/Hardware confirms
> the Linksys card is eth1,
> > and both eth0 and eth1 are "Ok".
> > System/Administration/Network/DNS/Primary DNS =
> 64.59.160.13
> > System/Administration/Network/DNS/Secondary DNS =
> 64.59.160.15
> > System/Administration/Network/DNS/Tertiary DNS =
> blank
> > System/Administration/Network/DNS/DNS search path
> = pk.shawcable.net
> >
> > System/Administration/Services NetworkManager is
> stopped
> > System/Administration/Services
> NetworkManagerDispatcher is stopped
> >
> >
> > As I said above, Firefox works but really slowly.
> Any help would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Peter.
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