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Subject: Re: Slow Surfing all of Sudden !?
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:33:27 -0000, matti k <matti.k@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:29:50 -0000
> "Graham Bentley" <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just recently loaded FreeBSD 6.2 (RC1?) compiled a new kernel
>> configured X installed Opera ....
>>
>> Web browsing was really snappy !
>>
>> I have added some more programs including Gaim and generally
>> tinkered around and today I notice that browser sessions are much
>> slower.
>>
>> Looking at my router lights there seems to be a delay after pressing
>> enter (after typing the URL) then ... some seconds later the page
>> comes streaming in. Its odd because I noticed this exact behaviour
>> some months ago when I tried out PCBSD.
>>
>> Everything starts of nice and quick as far as browsing the web
>> is concerned then after some time / event ? this delay gets
>> introduced ?
>>
>> How would I go about trying to figure out what is causing this
>> effect ?
>
> If it's a DNS issue, try looking at /etc/resolv.conf

Just has my isp's upstream dns servers.

Are there any other .configs that may effect performance ?

Its odd that its really snappy initially and after a few days
of use (adding more software etc etc) then this 'delay' is
introduced.