Making Internet faster in Ubuntu 10.04

Many Ubuntu users have complained that the Internet is slow in 10.04 Lucid Lynx. If this is the case with you too, then follow the steps given below:

1. Try another browser preferably Chromium Web Browser (Google chrome) from the Ubuntu Software Center. Slow Internet is a problem especially in Mozilla firefox and not in other Web Browsers.
2. If you want to stick to Mozilla Firefox only, then type in the address bar: "about:config" and then make some changes in the configurations:

• First disable IPv6 in Firefox. Disabling IPv6 allows you fast Internet. Type the text in the filter as "network.dns.disableIPv6" and set the value to TRUE.
• Similarly, type in the Filter, "network.http.pipelining" and set its value to TRUE. Now type "network.http.proxy.pipelining" in the Filter and set its value to TRUE.
• Now the last thing to modify in the configurations is to search for "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and change the maximum requests to 8 or 10.

     You are done with it. Now enjoy fast Internet.