Internet Speed

[Mikenell]

My internet speed is pretty slow in linux, well browsing speed really because apt goes as fast as it should, so would making the priority of the internet connection and/or browser help? How do I do it?
Thanks
Mikenell

[Strike]

Well, if apt downloads fine, then it's not your internet connection that is bogged down, it is whatever you are using to browse.

[Mikenell]

Well I've been using galeon and mozilla, both of which are being REALLY slow loading page etc. Is there anything that could cause that to happen?
Mikenell

[bkurt]

You could try the Opera web browser from www.opera.com (http://www.opera.com) they have a new beta and it's pretty fast. It's also a pretty light download. Doesn't do java though. Very excellent besides that.

[Strike]

Try loading local HTML files (files on your own HD). If those are slow, then it's absolutely the browser that is slow. In which case, you have to see if it's a memory issue or something like that. Or, just try a lighter browser (though Galeon is respectably light). Try links and see if you get decent speed from that.

[Mikenell]

Ok thanks I'll give it a try.
Mikenell

[Shad]

In addition, if local files load fine, it probably is a dns issue, try changing the order of the servers or setting up a dns caching on your machine.

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Just a Tuna in the Sea of Life

[Mikenell]

DNS caching? How do I do that and what is it?
Thanks
Mikenell

[Shad]

You understand the basics of DNS? A server is referenced by a name like linuxnewbie.org
That name can be thought of as a symbolic link (shortcut if you well) to the "real" address which would look like 206.192.87.32

(I highly doubt that is the real number, it is just something I made up as I didn't feel like doing a lookup to find out what it really is)

A dns server simply correlates the name with the numeric address for you. A dns cache simply holds this information locally on your HDD or network. Theoretically it would make often visited sites come up quicker as you wouldn't have to wait for your ISP's DNS server to respond when you type in www.yahoo.com. (http://www.yahoo.com.) Of course it has to get the information first, so it won't be quick to resolve addresses until the second time around.

To setup, I would suggest looking at the how-to's and the posts here about it. It is not a two step process I can detail.


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Just a Tuna in the Sea of Life

[Mikenell]

Ah ok should have guessed hehe, I'm gonna download opera, and see if I can find out about the dns caching.
Btw, so that priority thing wouldnt work?
Thanks
Mikenell

[Mikenell]

I think the problems fixed!
Thanks
Mikenell