[tictoc5150]

hiya guys,
I've been working on a little problem for a while....the problem: when using firefox (on Mandrake 10.1), it often gives me the "looking up www.blahblahblah.com" in the status bar...killing me with almost dial-up behavior!!!

edit: forgot to mention the relevant hardware used...
netgear wg311 wireless card using linuxant driverloader and a netgear MR814 wireless B router.

So, I was thinking it was dns or /etc/resolve.conf related and while that did lead me in the right direction for a google search, this thread gave me the extremely simple and effective solution of disabling ipv6 in firefox.

quoting arctic of MandrakeUsers.org:

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are you using firefox or mozilla? if yes, you need to block ipv6 there, too. can be done by typing about:config in the adressbar, then in the appearing searchbar, type ipv and set the first entry (ipv6 disable) from false to true by double clicking it.

kudos to arctic and I hope this helps someone else out