"Looking Up/Contacting" Slow when switching between webpages.

[Sebby]

I'd definitely suggest swapping the DNS' as this has worked for some people.

It's really going to be a case of trying to rule various things out.

[Inactive]

I have also been unable to access the Digital Spy website. A message from OpenDNS said 'the computers that are ruining the website seem to be having trouble', so I am guessing it is a fault at their end.

This has now proven to be a fault at Digital Spy.

[Rik]

Not unusual in my experience, between the ad servers and their own, those pages are pretty complex, not to mention having had a trojan in one of the ad images not so long ago.

[ChrisB]

Hi Chris

Reverting the firmware is always worth a try, I've not met one yet that didn't introduce a new bug.

Failing that, some prolonged pinging might be called for.

Hi Rik,

"Downgrading" the router firmware seems to have solved the problem.

More dodgy firmware it seems!

One more problem resolved, now if only I could get my Vista laptop to connect to the router using WPA-PSK - but that's another story.

Chris

[Rik]

A partial result at least, Chris. I tend to leave firmware upgrades along unless I have a problem, they never seem to fail to add a break along with all the fixes. 

[Sebby]

Indeed. It's common for firmwares to fix one thing and break two.

[Lance]

Glad you have it sorted, Chris.

[Collie]

This is something that has also been bothering me for the last week or so. Intermittent lapses where sites suddenly fail to load at all and painful 'waiting for http://...' status bar messages. Not even Google.co.uk will load when another site fails to load outright. Hitting refresh a few seconds later sorts out the problem, but some sites remain painfully slow for short periods.

[Inactive]

A warm welcome Collie, I cannot help, but someone will answer your query ASAP.

[Simon]

As above, but    Collie.

[Lance]

Welcome Collie.

Have you tried using either the opendns servers or manually inputting the IDNet DNS servers in reverse order?

[Sebby]

It's worth switching the DNS' around, and/or trying OpenDNS to see if it's that. If not, post back and we'll see what we can do.

I have noticed it myself recently but just can't put my finger on it.

[Rik]

Simon D is back today and is going to be taking a long look at the issue.

[Sebby]

Good to hear. Thanks, Rik.

[Lance]

It's strange, as I haven't noticed anything whilst using the IDNet DNS servers

[Rik]

I've seen issues in patches, eg yesterday fro 16:30-18:00. Nothing definitive.

[alan]

Wish I'd seen this thread earlier... I've been faffing on for the last few days thinking it was something I'd D/L.
I even got an earlier edition of NOD thinking it was that.. Its still like treacle trying to get to some sites..
I've altered the DNS to those quoted and to me it seems just as slow..
.

[Rik]

Have you tried OpenDNS, Alan? 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220

[alan]

Hi Rik.. Thanks for reply..... If that comes under TCP/IP/Prop/General tab. I initially tried those IDnet figures quoted earlier.
Ive got the IP address (top box) on auto and the bottom ones with the the numbers you just give now.
Some sights still seem sluggish and are waiting to connect. Although, it does seem a little quicker than the auto settings.
.
Alan

[Rik]

If the problem still exists at all, Alan, it's not the IDNet servers. I'd suggest you drop support an email, letting them know you're affected and the fact that you have tried altering the DNS servers. The more information they have, the more quickly they should be able to track the problem.

[alan]

Will do Rik. Thanks for help.
.

[net91]

I have been using the swapped DNS addresses from IDNET for almost a week now and have only noticed a few occasional slight delays (with the message "looking up..." in Firefox) when loading web pages. The page often loads after a few seconds normally.

I have never really paid this much attention before I started to have the long delays, so would this be classed as normal?

Thanks for everyone's replies on this post.

[Rik]

It's normally almost instantaneous, iow you don't normally see the 'looking up' message.

[net91]

So would you say it's worth contacting IDNET about?

(As a comparison I have not need this while using the OPEN DNS servers.)

[Sebby]

Definitely let them know. The more data the have, the easier it'll be for them to find the cause.