At least on my network, disabling the IPv6 functions makes Avahi start up faster. You do that by tweaking the obvious IPV6 line in /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf:
use-ipv4=yes use-ipv6=no
It’s also useful to disable power management in the USB WiFi dongle by adding /etc/modprobe.d/8192cu.conf:
# Disable power saving options 8192cu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=0
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