Re: Linux still surfs slower than Windows

From: Jerry Smiley (jsmiley_at_nc.rr.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:18:44 GMT

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.
>

Does your DNS servers support IPv6? If not check to see if the Mandrake box
is querying with an IPv6 format?

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