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Dymetrie · 12-12-2006, 18:34

Picked this link up off another forum...

Lightning Fast Browsing Trick For Internet Explorer And Firefox

Tried it on my firefox and it works

For firefox users (i can't be arsed doing the IE one) do this:

In address bar go to 'about:config'.
Filter by 'Network'.
network.http.pipelining set to 'true'.
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests set to 6. (changed under advice of Mr Burbleflop)
Stick on some go faster stripes

Garp · 12-12-2006, 18:46

Webadmins will love you if you do that. 10 concurrent connections to their webserver!

Get FasterFox add-on for Firefox and select Optimised.

Will · 12-12-2006, 23:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garp

Get FasterFox add-on for Firefox and select Optimised.

Does that work well? MB has it at home, but he's got a 10mb connection so I didn't think that was a fair way to test it

Burble · 13-12-2006, 14:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Le Hoff

Does that work well? MB has it at home, but he's got a 10mb connection so I didn't think that was a fair way to test it

Didn't notice any difference when I was on ADSL (like MB I've 10Mb cable now). The downside was some sites telling me to sod off and uninstall that extension if I wanted to browse the site.

Garp · 13-12-2006, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burbleflop

Didn't notice any difference when I was on ADSL (like MB I've 10Mb cable now). The downside was some sites telling me to sod off and uninstall that extension if I wanted to browse the site.

I've been using it for something like 9 - 12 months now, and never had that. However I do make sure to put it on Optimised setting which is still RFC compliant. Of course RFCs are only guidelines and not laws....

Mark · 12-12-2006, 18:47

Yup. I'm going to try it, but with a much lower maxconnects value (default is 4 btw).

Burble · 12-12-2006, 18:47

Don't expect BD to serve you reliably with 10 concurrent connections - the webserver will randomly tell you to sod off.

Dymetrie · 12-12-2006, 18:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burbleflop

Don't expect BD to serve you reliably with 10 concurrent connections - the webserver will randomly tell you to sod off.

changed it to 6.. is that better? (only 2 more than default)

Burble · 12-12-2006, 18:51

6 will be ok. It isn't just my server that'll object to it, before I knew any better I had my limit set to 10 and found quite a few sites that refused to serve.

Mark · 12-12-2006, 18:59

Apparently it causes the server to prefetch files - it's not a maximum number of connections, but rather a maximum number of things to request in one go. For example:

Request items 1-6 - download item 1 - download 2 - ... 3 - ... 4 - ... 5 - ... 6

It's not very well supported, so expect sites to break. Plus it does load servers even though it's all downloaded over one connection.

PS - This info is from google and somewhat unconfirmed. It may be wrong.

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12-12-2006, 18:59	#10
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Apparently it causes the server to prefetch files - it's not a maximum number of connections, but rather a maximum number of things to request in one go. For example: Request items 1-6 - download item 1 - download 2 - ... 3 - ... 4 - ... 5 - ... 6 It's not very well supported, so expect sites to break. Plus it does load servers even though it's all downloaded over one connection. PS - This info is from google and somewhat unconfirmed. It may be wrong. Last edited by Mark; 13-12-2006 at 04:19.

12-12-2006, 18:47	#6
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Yup. I'm going to try it, but with a much lower maxconnects value (default is 4 btw).

12-12-2006, 18:47	#7
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Don't expect BD to serve you reliably with 10 concurrent connections - the webserver will randomly tell you to sod off.

12-12-2006, 18:51	#9
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	6 will be ok. It isn't just my server that'll object to it, before I knew any better I had my limit set to 10 and found quite a few sites that refused to serve.