Comments on: Ubuntu Linux: Tweak your network connectivity and/or performance by disabling IPV6 http://www.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/ A periodical blog of experiences from the angle of an autodidactic, paranoid and narcissistic web developer... Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hamacker's Palace » Blog Archive » Desabilitar o ipv6 deixa a sua rede mais rápida ?http://www.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-1653 Hamacker's Palace » Blog Archive » Desabilitar o ipv6 deixa a sua rede mais rápida ? Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:43:56 +0000 http://blog.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-1653 [...] explorado falhas de segurança nele, além de haver bugs em programas que utilizem-no, por exemplo, algumas pessoas aconselharam a desabilitar o ipv6 para aumentar a performance do Firefox, bug do Firefox ou do protocolo ? Não [...] [...] explorado falhas de segurança nele, além de haver bugs em programas que utilizem-no, por exemplo, algumas pessoas aconselharam a desabilitar o ipv6 para aumentar a performance do Firefox, bug do Firefox ou do protocolo ? Não [...]

]]> By: IPV6 enabled by default in kernels 2.6.28-4 and up : rvdavid: A Web Developer’s Bloghttp://www.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-414 IPV6 enabled by default in kernels 2.6.28-4 and up : rvdavid: A Web Developer’s Blog Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:59:55 +0000 http://blog.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-414 [...] a quick update to an old post I made: Disabling IPV6 to tweak network connectivity. The tweak mentioned on the post will only work for kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-4 as discussed [...] [...] a quick update to an old post I made: Disabling IPV6 to tweak network connectivity. The tweak mentioned on the post will only work for kernel versions prior to 2.6.28-4 as discussed [...]

]]> By: joehttp://www.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-361 joe Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:36:39 +0000 http://blog.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-361 hes right this is to fix ancient browser bugs, speed test it yourself turning of ipv6 does ..... .^ nothing ^ (shock!) hes right this is to fix ancient browser bugs, speed test it yourself turning of ipv6 does ….. .^ nothing ^ (shock!)

]]> By: rvdavidhttp://www.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-323 rvdavid Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:33:21 +0000 http://blog.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-323 Hello "thetruth"> There is no any Firefox bug, it’s only your imagination. I agree with you, to a very, _very_ limited degree - it's not really a bug per seh, which is why I've placed it in quotes (""), but this is more a tweak to skip the delay which occurs when Firefox tries to recover from receiving an incorrect IPv4 address while expecting to receive an IPv6 address.> When you turn off IPv6 you are limiting your connectivity (even if your provider doesn’t support it now), that’s all That's total FUD - I don't see how disabling IPv6 limits my connectivity.> but you don’t care, you’ve read about blocking IPv6 somewhere and here you go, your net is now 10 times faster, LOL. You sound bitter, don't worry man - I'll enable IPv6 by removing the line I've added to blacklist IPv6 in ubuntu when it's more supported.Thanks for sharing your thoughts, but it's a little off from the truth... probably half of "the truth" if that - maybe you should have called yourself "thehalftruth"? J/K hehe ;) Hello “thetruth”

> There is no any Firefox bug, it’s only your imagination.
I agree with you, to a very, _very_ limited degree – it’s not really a bug per seh, which is why I’ve placed it in quotes (“”), but this is more a tweak to skip the delay which occurs when Firefox tries to recover from receiving an incorrect IPv4 address while expecting to receive an IPv6 address.

> When you turn off IPv6 you are limiting your connectivity (even if your provider doesn’t support it now), that’s all
That’s total FUD – I don’t see how disabling IPv6 limits my connectivity.

> but you don’t care, you’ve read about blocking IPv6 somewhere and here you go, your net is now 10 times faster, LOL.
You sound bitter, don’t worry man – I’ll enable IPv6 by removing the line I’ve added to blacklist IPv6 in ubuntu when it’s more supported.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, but it’s a little off from the truth… probably half of “the truth” if that – maybe you should have called yourself “thehalftruth”? J/K hehe ;)

]]> By: thetruthhttp://www.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-322 thetruth Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:58:10 +0000 http://blog.rvdavid.net/ubuntu-linux-tweak-your-network-connectivity-andor-performance-by-disabling-ipv6/#comment-322 There is no any Firefox bug, it's only your imagination. When you turn off IPv6 you are limiting your connectivity (even if your provider doesn't support it now), that's all, but you don't care, you've read about blocking IPv6 somewhere and here you go, your net is now 10 times faster, LOL. There is no any Firefox bug, it’s only your imagination. When you turn off IPv6 you are limiting your connectivity (even if your provider doesn’t support it now), that’s all, but you don’t care, you’ve read about blocking IPv6 somewhere and here you go, your net is now 10 times faster, LOL.

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