On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 12:34, Jacques-Andre Boulay wrote: > Hi, > > I'm experiencing a problem when using my web browser (firefox, opera or > konqueror) or my mail client (evolution): the internet initiating > process is very slow. For example, each time I enter a new url in > firefox, its take a lot of time (7-8 sec) to load the new webpage. On > the other side, when I'm downloading a big file with it, the download > speed is normal (in comparaison with windows xp) after the completion of > the initiating process is done. > > Somebody have an idea of what I could do to solve this problem? I know > that rebuilding the kernel should help but is there other ways to solve > it? > > Thanks in advance > JA Sounds to me like name resolution is having to time out. You might try disabling IPV6, I believe I read on the list a while back where that may try delay resolution of IPV4 addresses. Also check your resolv.conf entries and make sure all the nameserver entries are valid. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx The only difference in the game of love over the last few thousand years is that they've changed trumps from clubs to diamonds. -- The Indianapolis Star
