Ok, looking for some ideas here, because I've run out of them. My setup is:
Dell Inspiron 2200
Cel 1.3
768mb Ram
Running Xubuntu at the moment.
Internal Broadcom Wireless AND/OR
Cisco Aironet 350
So for the last two weeks or so, my computer's net connection has been AGONIZINGLY slow. Or, I should say more importantly it seems to be the DNS portion of web browsing that is slow. It's only on my computer. I've tried everything I can to figure out why.
First I figured maybe it was an issue with Linux, considering it started right after I loaded on a fresh install of Fluxbuntu. But I've tried several distro's since, both *buntu and non-buntu based (including a few live CD's), and I'm having the same issue. So, I figured maybe it was my internal wireless card causing the problem (a Broadcom that was using ndiswrapper). I tried loading up the actual Broadcom drivers (using the bcm-fwcutter trick), still the same problem. So I'm thinking at that point that it was an issue with my wireless card.
So I borrowed a Cisco Aironet 350 from my mom, which has kernel level support built in... same issue.
I'm at the end of my rope here! Does anyone have ANY idea what the hell is going on? As I said, it's not the router, because both my cellphone (which has 802.11g), and my wife's IBM (running both Windows, and running from a Puppy Live CD) don't have this issue.
I say it's a DNS issue because once I'm hooked on to a particular domain/IP, it is quick... so, for example, I can get on to http://www.dslreports.com/stest/ and it runs the test quick as ever... 9mbps down, same as always. But it takes forever to actually GET to the site.
The other place I'll see it is when it's trying to contact repo's during the update process... once it latches onto a repo, it's smoking fast... but it takes forever to do the DNS lookup.
Again, I'm at a total loss... any ideas?
-olly
Dell Inspiron 2200
Cel 1.3
768mb Ram
Running Xubuntu at the moment.
Internal Broadcom Wireless AND/OR
Cisco Aironet 350
So for the last two weeks or so, my computer's net connection has been AGONIZINGLY slow. Or, I should say more importantly it seems to be the DNS portion of web browsing that is slow. It's only on my computer. I've tried everything I can to figure out why.
First I figured maybe it was an issue with Linux, considering it started right after I loaded on a fresh install of Fluxbuntu. But I've tried several distro's since, both *buntu and non-buntu based (including a few live CD's), and I'm having the same issue. So, I figured maybe it was my internal wireless card causing the problem (a Broadcom that was using ndiswrapper). I tried loading up the actual Broadcom drivers (using the bcm-fwcutter trick), still the same problem. So I'm thinking at that point that it was an issue with my wireless card.
So I borrowed a Cisco Aironet 350 from my mom, which has kernel level support built in... same issue.
I'm at the end of my rope here! Does anyone have ANY idea what the hell is going on? As I said, it's not the router, because both my cellphone (which has 802.11g), and my wife's IBM (running both Windows, and running from a Puppy Live CD) don't have this issue.
I say it's a DNS issue because once I'm hooked on to a particular domain/IP, it is quick... so, for example, I can get on to http://www.dslreports.com/stest/ and it runs the test quick as ever... 9mbps down, same as always. But it takes forever to actually GET to the site.
The other place I'll see it is when it's trying to contact repo's during the update process... once it latches onto a repo, it's smoking fast... but it takes forever to do the DNS lookup.
Again, I'm at a total loss... any ideas?
-olly
