40.0.2 slow ping times

[Omy]

I believe safe mode disables all plugins and add-ons. New info.

I have tried several other FF portables going back to 3/2015, which I had previously installed. One of them gives me 40ms. The others are still in the 155ms range. Now I have no idea what is going on since they all say 40.0.2 when I click on "About FF" on Help.

If I find the issue I'll post back. Right now I have to assume it is not simply "40.0.2" in base form.

Thanks

[RobertJ]

It appears that the only configuration that gets high ping times is one using FF 40.0.2. I am not sure if this started with 40.x or 40.0.2. I did not notice it prior to 40.0.2

As noted above on Mac.

FF41b4 - 118ms

FF43 [Nightly] - 17ms

I assume you are a gamer or ping time is more or less irrelevant; at least anything under a few hundred milliseconds.

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[dfoulkes]

I believe safe mode disables all plugins and add-ons. New info.

I have tried several other FF portables going back to 3/2015, which I had previously installed. One of them gives me 40ms. The others are still in the 155ms range. Now I have no idea what is going on since they all say 40.0.2 when I click on "About FF" on Help.

If I find the issue I'll post back. Right now I have to assume it is not simply "40.0.2" in base form.

Thanks

Nope... plugins are not disabled.

[therube]

I believe safe mode disables all plugins and add-ons.

Safe Mode disables extensions, but does nothing to Plugins.

I have no idea what is going on since they all say 40.0.2 when I click on "About FF"

Then you have ONLY run FF 40.0.2.

It could be that you (by default) can only run one instance of FF "Portable" at a time.
So close 40.0.2, then open an older version, check About, then run your speedtest.

[MarkRH]

FYI, Just ran a speedtest with 40.0.3 in Win 7 Pro with a 10ms ping: http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4615993318

[Omy]

I upgraded to 40.0.3 and am now getting 24ms. I may try some older portables just for interests sake and post if I do, and find anything.

Thanks all.

[TheVisitor]

I have stated win7 in safe mode, and FF40.0.2 in safe mode with the same results approx. 150ms.

I downloaded the latest FF portable 40.0.2 and also got the same results approx. 150ms. I assume that used a fresh profile.

It appears that the only configuration that gets high ping times is one using FF 40.0.2. I am not sure if this started with 40.x or 40.0.2. I did not notice it prior to 40.0.2

Thanks for all the replies.

NO, you were still using the old profile even with a fresh install.

Have you tried opening a 'Command Prompt' in Windows and pinging a site comparing the 'ping' times ? I consistently get 110 to 114ms times with 'ping' command and also with speedtest using latest Nightly test builds.

I don't know if that would prove Firefox is the issue, or something else, of if its just 'normal' for your ISP/connection.