On Thursday 30 September 2004 19:45, Ralph Katz wrote: > > Subject: "resolving host" > > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:14:42 -0500 > > From: Your Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Newsgroups: linux.debian.user > > > > I wonder why browsing is so slow with Mozilla in > > Debian (well, Libranet). > > > > Using the ip addresses of websites it is blazing > > fast.. but using the www address it is slower than > > molasses in January. > > > > Not just Mozilla, but even Firefox and Galeon > > behave the same way. > > > > I do not have this problem in my FC2 box. > > > > Any ideas? (besides dumping Libranet/Debian, I mean)..
What dns servers are you using in your resolv.conf? the dig tool prints the time it took to resolve names - do some experimenting with it. dnstracer can also be helpful. are you running any dns caching utility, like nscd? are they configured properly? -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ ( t | i | m | @ | i | t | . | k | p | t | . | c | c ) \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ GPG key fingerprint = 1DEE CD9B 4808 F608 FBBF DC21 2807 D7D3 09CA 85BF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
