Slow Second Access to Internet

Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 28 17:45:08 UTC 2008


On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:11:50 -0700, Peter Langfelder wrote:

[...]
> It seems your DNS lookup is intermittently slow. I'd log into the
> router/web gateway (192.168.1.1 in your browser or so) and run the DNS
> lookup diagnostic test - if it is shows similar behaviour, you will know
> it's a problem with your internet provider. I used to see such problems
> in the past and IIRC they always cleared up upon talking to the
> provider.
> 
> Peter

I actually have two routers, and in neither could I
find the DNS test you mention.  However, on the same
LAN I have three MSWin boxes, two XP and one 2k, and
none of these have exhibited the same problem.  Does
this not rule out the provider?

Mike.




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