slow internet connection

[Tom Trebisky]

> hicham wrote:
> >these last two days, I'm gettin a slow internet connection under FC3
> >any idea how to solve it ? 

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 03:46:24PM -0700, Steven R. Ringwald wrote:
> Are you sure that IPV6 is disabled? I also had to add the line:
> IPV6_NETWORKING=no
> to my /etc/sysconfig/network file to get it *completely* gone.

OK, I just added this to my config last night and it seems to have
eliminated the pesky TCP stalls I have been experiencing over my
DSL connection from home.  Any idea why this is necessary?
Where did you learn about this trick?

(and thanks for the tip by the way!)

	Tom
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Tom Trebisky
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