Re: Linux still surfs slower than Windows

From: ray (ray_at_zianet.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:12:02 -0700

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:15:22 -0800, Chris Carlen wrote:

> Bill Marcum wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:40:08 -0800, Chris Carlen
>> <crobc@BOGUSFIELD.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Any further suggestions how to improve things would be appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> Increase the size of the browser cache?
>
>
> No. That wouldn't explain why the Linux browser chokes on any given
> page when the cache is cleared, while the Win2k browser flies when the
> cache is also cleared.
>
> I am convinced there is a DNS lookup problem, where the SBC servers
> don't work smoothly with Linux requests. The technical details of why
> this could be so are beyond my knowledge. I would welcome anyone who
> could explain this, as it would seem incredibly important if such a
> discrepancy is possible, for the community to have collective awareness
> of it and how to affect workarounds.
>
>
> I have optimized my surfing speed experience through other workarounds,
> but none of which resolve the fundamental problem, which persists if I
> leave the browsers in their default configurations, and both OSes wset
> up with the same DNS configurations.
>
> I still wish I could resolve this fundamental problem.
>
>
>
> Good day!

I've been following this issue for some time, and it appears that certain
DNS servers do not catch the first or second request from Linux computers
although it seems they do work properly with MS requests. I have not
confirmed, but I guess there is some small imcompatibility with the DNS
requests. I would bet the servers at fault are running MS and not strictly
following standards.

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