Re: [PLUG] Why does linux browse at one tenth the speed of Windows XP?

[John Karr <jkarr@brainbuz.org>]

I already have a caching DNS Server. Dig takes a few ms to pull the ip
address from it. I eliminated all the backup entries so it will only
resolve to the local caching server. Also a page where all content pulls
from a single host loads quickly, whereas a page like ebay with content
on different servers takes a while, but this isn't a problem on my
windows machine, and I wasn't having this problem before I upgraded to
Mandrake 10. I'm convinced its some misconfiguration with Mandrake 10.

I have another box I've been trying to install Gentoo on, but at present
I have failed to emerge a kernel, never mind configure X as a point of
reference.

(Arthur, the problem is with both browsers).


Paul wrote:

> I bet you have a firewall issue.

> OK, have you narrowed the problem down to DNS lookups?  I mean, how long 
> does it take to load a page if you use an IP address instead of a name?  
> How long does nslookup or dig take to respond?  What about ping and 
> traceroute?

> Hey, how about running a caching DNS server?



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