Ash wrote: > Danny Browne wrote: > >> Browsers in fluxbox (and gnome when i treid that switching to that) >> take forever to fetch webpages (2 mins on a DSL line). but the speed >> is normal when using ping or ftp or whatever from terminal/console. >> are my reslov.conf and hosts file entrys correct? >> >> resolv.conf just has: >> >> nameserver 192.168.1.254 >> >> hosts has: >> >> ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain >> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain >> 192.168.1.3 VaioBSD VaioBSD.eircom.net >> > > [SNIP] > > Danny, > > I assume that by "browsers" you mean a Mozilla derived browser > compiled as a native FreeBSD binary (vs a Linux binary running under > emulation). There seems to be a known issue the way Mozilla resolves > under FreeBSD. There were some good threads in the news groups and > mailing lists on this; You should be able to find them via > groups.google.com by searching for something along the lines of > "mozilla DNS slow". > > There are few couple of reported ways to get around the resolvers > issue. I've read that disabling IPv6 in your kernel will help. > Installing the Linux native ports (e.g. www/linux-mozillafirebird or > www/linux-mozilla) is also reported to work. I haven't tried either of > the fore mentioned workarounds, so I don't know if they work or are > still applicable. > > I route my web traffic through the Squid proxy (available as a FreeBSD > port www/squid). As a result, I'm not affected by the resolvers issue > since Squid is handling DNS resolution for browsers on my network. > > I'm not saying my work around is the best fix; I just happened to need > a proxy on my network so it was a convenient fix way for me to deal > with this issue. > > -Ash > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >
I'm running 5.3 and have IPv6 in my kernel, and I resolv just fine, as long as my DNS server isn't inside my local network. In resolv.conf should be: nameserver a.b.c.d where a.b.c.d is the ip address for the DNS server provided by your ISP. If the IP address being provided by is a 192 address, you're bound to have problems. In other words, if your ISP has given you DNS servers to use, use them. If not, find one. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
