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Set URL connection timeout

Tecknomage
Tecknomage
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How do I adjust the timeout for connection to a URL?

The timeout BEFORE Firefox reports 'not found'

How do I adjust the timeout for connection to a URL? The timeout BEFORE Firefox reports 'not found'

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There is no setting in Firefox for that. You need to change a tcpip parameter in the Registry.

http://drewthaler.blogspot.com/2005/09/changing-dns-query-timeout-in-windows.html

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSQueryTimeouts Multi String: "1 2 2 4 8 0" -> "4 8 8 16 32 0"

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the-edmeister
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There is no setting in Firefox for that. You need to change a tcpip parameter in the Registry.

http://drewthaler.blogspot.com/2005/09/changing-dns-query-timeout-in-windows.html

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSQueryTimeouts Multi String: "1 2 2 4 8 0" -> "4 8 8 16 32 0"