Sweet. So the issue was DNS lookups. Nice that you found a solution and sharing it with us.
Regards, - Robert On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Theresa Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote: > I finally cleared up my slow networking issue by setting up a local DNS > cache on my machine, using dnsmasq. > > Here's the "how to" on Ubuntu Geek for those of you who may be > interested: > > http://www.ubuntugeek.com/local-dns-cache-for-faster-browsing-on-ubuntu-machine.html > > To test, I opened a terminal and checked a few addresses: > > dig icanhazcheeseburgers.com (why not? :) > > First query time: 202 msec. Second query time: 0 msec. > > Likewise other addresses I tested. So to answer my own question from a > few weeks back, YES, local caching makes a BIG difference. > > Theresa > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
