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Date:      Fri, 23 Apr 2004 14:13:13 -0400
From:      Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        jammet@swbell.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Slow loading websites
Message-ID:  <E2932E04-9551-11D8-90F9-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <1082741893.26067.18.camel@Desolation>
References:  <1082741893.26067.18.camel@Desolation>

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On Apr 23, 2004, at 1:38 PM, Jammet wrote:
> When i go to a website, say Slashdot or freshmeat, or any where that
> involves ads on the page some where, about 99% of the time it can take
> upwards of 2-3 minutes to load the entire page. [ ... ]
> I guess my main question is, anyone ever seen this, if so ever get it
> fixed?

Most probably, you are running into delays because your browser queries 
websites for an IPv6 address before trying an IPv4 address.  
Reportedly, many ad-sites use broken nameservers which botch IPv6 
queries, causing the delay.  The problem lies on their end, not yours, 
but disabling IPv6 or using a proxy server like Squid will probably 
remove the delays.

-- 
-Chuck



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