On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1900@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In my FC7, using Firefox, if for example, I access > www.google.com, I get an essentially instantaneous > response. If I then close the browser, reopen it, > and again try to access google, there is a long > delay, perhaps a minute before I get the response. > (I note that my browser is set to delete all > private on closing.) During this delay, the > browser reports that it is looking up the URL. > If I then wait a few minutes I can repeat the > whole scenario. > > I suspect that something similar may be happening > with my Pan news reader. > > Any suggestions? > It seems your DNS lookup is intermittently slow. I'd log into the router/web gateway (192.168.1.1 in your browser or so) and run the DNS lookup diagnostic test - if it is shows similar behaviour, you will know it's a problem with your internet provider. I used to see such problems in the past and IIRC they always cleared up upon talking to the provider. Peter -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines