Don't know how many are having a similar problem, but for the last couple of days my web access through my firewall has been extremely slow. Email was fast. Found out that Cox has apparently changed its DNS search numbers.
The new numbers I have are: ns.cox.net: 68.1.17.237 ns.east.cox.net: 68.1.17.5 After I plugged in these numbers, all returned to the same fast access. By the way, trying to get these numbers from COX support is impossible. They wouldn't give them out. had to go to: http://www.internic.net/whois.html Plug in the name COX.NET The program will return various information including the name servers Cox has: NS.COX.NET NS.EAST.COX.NET NS.WEST.COX.NET Again plug in the name NS.COX.NET and select the button "Name Server" to access the numbers. Then do the same for NS.EAST.COX.NET. You will then have the two numbers for Cox DNS servers. Hope this helps some. I use WinProxy for my proxy software because it has built in virus protection (by subscription) for HTTP, FTP (Download), POP3 and SMTP. To properly use the program, I have to plug in the DNS servers, thus the problem. Bill
