Hi,
Thanks for helping me solve this problem. You were
right, the fact that IPv6 was enabled caused browsers
(Firefox and Konqueror) to waste time querying DNS
servers using the IPv6 protocol. I turned off IPv6 by
changing the following line in /etc/modprobe.conf:
alias net-pf-10 ipv6
to
alias net-pf-10 off
Interestingly, the Suse-centric way of disabling IPv6
(setting YaST -> /etc/sysconfig Editor -> Network ->
Hardware -> Config -> USE_IPv6 to �no�) did _not_
prevent web-browsers from issuing IPv6 DNS queries,
even after I rebooted the system.
Vlad
--- "Francisco Alcoba (TS/EEM)"
<francisco.alcoba@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know much about Firefox, but AAAA records
> look for IPv6 addresses,
> of which maybe ebay has none. Are you using an
> IPv6-enabled box?
>
> Regards,
> Francisco
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: jueves, 19 de mayo de 2005 18:16
> > To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Ethereal-users] Redundant DNS queries
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've noticed that whenever Firefox goes to a
> website
> > (for example ebay.com) it sends out 3 DNS queries,
> but
> > only receives the IP address of the server after
> the
> > third request. Here's what ethereal records:
> > Standard query AAAA ebay.com
> > Standard query response
> > Standard query AAAA ebay.com
> > Standard query response
> > Standard query A ebay.com
> > Standard query response A 66.135.192.87
> >
> > Strangely enough, when I ping a website (for
> example
> > lycos.com), there is only one DNS query and an
> > immediate response containing the IP address.
> > Standard query A lycos.com
> > Standard query response A 209.202.248.101
> >
> > The problem I have with Firefox querying 3 times
> is
> > that I often have to wait 5 seconds before the
> page
> > even starts downloading. Does anyone know what's
> > happening here and how I can make Firefox get the
> IP
> > address from the first query?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vlad
> >
> >
> >
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