[Discuss] firefox question

[Peter Withler]

Had to take a few days off from Linux. In the meantime, I replaced my 
Linksys router with a wireless D-Link (just for the wireless, not 
because of the Firefox problem). The Linux box is wired to the router. 
Today I tried Firefox and it works fine with all of the sites I tried. 
It has a very quick response now. I don't know if it's the router or if 
something mysterious happened to the Linux box. Anyway I thought I 
should keep you posted.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Peter.

Ole Madsen wrote:
> 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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