This issue hit me about 4-5 days ago after a reboot. Both firefox and and chrome are affected. Websites that typically load in 1-2 seconds are taking 2-5 minutes to load fully. Some sites simply timeout and are thus unreachable. Disabling IP6 did not fix the problem.
It seemed like a DNS related problem so I took a wild gamble and used Google to provide DNS. Curiously my Internet browsing works at regular speeds again. I can now reach sites that i haven't been able to load for days and the Internet browsing in Firefox and Chrome is fast. Either of these links will guide you through it. No reboot required. It just works... Takes about 15-30 seconds to setup. It may be a temporary workaround as I haven't rebooted yet. I used the DNS servers address 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 http://www.liberiangeek.net/2010/12/change-dns-server-address-ubuntu-10-0410-10-maverick-meerkat/ http://johnsonyip.com/wordpress/2010/12/17/change-ubuntu-10-10-dns-server-to-google-dns-server-address-video/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/761901 Title: Very slow Internet issue in 10.10/11.04 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
