Re: DSL is slow (Name resolution?)

From: HachiRoku (Trueno_at_ae86.GTS)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:49:19 GMT

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Peter Bradley wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wonder if any of you network experts could give me some advice please.
>
> My SuSE 8.2 Linux box connects to a D-Link DSL-604+ wireless ADSL router via
> an ethernet connection (i.e. not a wireless connection). Everything worked
> fine more or less straight out of the box, but I notice that the internet
> connection is very slow. I think it is a problem with name resolution
> because download speeds are fine; the problem is worst on sites that rely
> on adverts (linuxtoday/theregister) and so are downloading from multiple
> sites whereas sites that don't (like groklaw) are pretty fast; and the
> message in the status bar is usually "Resolving host <hostname>" when I'm
> experiencing delays.
>
> The router instructions are, of course, Windows only. They say to configure
> DHCP to "obtain an IP address automatically". On my Linux box dhcpd is not
> running (neither are named or squid).
>
> I have a small Win XP Pro installation, which runs much quicker than the
> Linux installation.
>
> I'm afraid my knowledge of networking is very limited. Can anyone point me
> in the right direction on this?
>
> Peter

Try www.kbb.com (kelly Blue Book.)

The wait for the ads is excruciating! I sell used cars and have customers
come in asking what their trade is worth, and trying to get numbers on KBB
is almost painful.

I have noticed this same thing with other sites that use ads.doubleclick