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For some reason Google Chrome is slow when I'm working against localhost. I had the same problem in Firefox 3.5 but I changed some IPv6 setting in about:config which fixed the issue. I think the same problem occurs in Google Chrome, but I can't find out how to fix it.
Any ideas?
Deniz Dogan
Posted 2009-09-19T15:44:34.813
Reputation: 273
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Just an idea : do you have a line that looks like this :
::1 localhost
in your hosts (it should be somewhere like C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, if I remember correctly) file ?
If yes, comment that line by adding a # at the beginning.
This way, the only line that's about localhost should be
127.0.0.1 localhost
which is IPv4.
It might help, if your problem is really caused by IPv6.
Pascal MARTIN
Posted 2009-09-19T15:44:34.813
Reputation: 772
6This makes a huge difference. Both lines were commented out for me in Windows 7, so I uncommented the IPv4 line and everything works great now. – Ben Mills – 2010-02-01T16:27:01.063
After trying loads of different things, @RustyX gave me the best answer. If I turn off the Wi-Fi and just use the ethernet connection, it works sooo fast. Thanks dude. – ingh.am – 2017-03-08T15:13:26.290
2I've been using this fix up until Chrome 8, but now that Chrome 9 has been released, it seems to be slow again. Has anyone found a fix for the current version? – Douglas – 2011-02-21T10:45:13.253
@Pascal: Thank you so much. This issue as been annoying me forever. – Tomalak – 2011-09-13T16:12:03.573
You're welcome :-) Was just a wild guess, but nice to seen it worked ! (might be useful one day on another, actually ! ) – Pascal MARTIN – 2009-09-19T15:56:07.247
@blahblah - You should mark Pascal's answer as "accepted". @Pascal - thanks so much for this fix, this was really slowing me down as I was testing sites locally in Chrome. – Herb Caudill – 2009-09-28T12:49:56.943
2Can someone explain why does this work? – Pacerier – 2012-07-16T17:01:12.113
http://crazyviraj.blogspot.com/2009/09/fix-for-slow-firefoxchrome-connects-to.html – psychotik – 2009-10-29T09:56:09.100
Doesn't solve the issue for me. – ysrb – 2013-10-24T14:01:37.483
Doesn't work for me (Win7 x64). As soon as wi-fi is on, accessing localhost is slow, when I disable wi-fi then it's fast. Tested in IE, FF and Chrome. NB I do not use any web filtering. – rustyx – 2014-05-17T18:28:52.193