[Clug-tech] Firefox performance issues when a firewall is enabled

[Shawn Grover]

Did you try removing/purging firefox, then reinstall it?

Shawn

Gustin Johnson wrote:
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> Shawn Grover wrote:
>> Plugins?  I know that Adblock Plus does a query against an external
>> server periodically - your firewall rules may be interferring with that.
>>  (I just noticed your not about the extensions being disabled.... so...)
> 
> Yup they are all disabled.  This was where I looked first.
>> DNS - I have seen sporadic problems with DNS that would slow down my
>> whole network.  Things like taking 30+ seconds to resolve names for
>> things like google analytics.  At the time I was convinced my DNS was
>> set up right but later investigation revealed a couple of little
>> glitches.  I resolved this by pointing everything on my network to my
>> own DNS server - after someone told me I didn't need the "forwarders"
>> set up.
>>
> But the slowness affects the interface as well.  So clicking on the
> tools or bookmarks drop down menus is also sluggish unless there are no
> firewall rules, which is just weird.  I have also deleted any and all
> "Live Bookmarks", I use a seperate RSS reader (on my blackberry of all
> things).
> 
>> Some shots in the dark for you.....
>>
> Thanks for trying,
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