Fast internet connection, SLOW page load

[uzerfriendly]

Hi,

Had the same problem. I tried 2 things and one of them fixed it so I'm not sure which it was!

1) In System Prefenences->Network->TCP/IP turn IPV6 off (in configure IPV6 box)
2) In System Preferences->Network->DNS make sure you only have 1 DNS server

Let me know if this helps
UF

[superspinner]

I wasted 4 hours today with mac support, including reinstalling osx. Same situation except that I have a linksys wrt54g router. I even went down to apple store, bought a 500 GB TC. Didn't really help much but was the most piece crap confusing set-up ever and very frustrating. It's on my piece of crap list now. Since it didn't help I went back to my linksys. BTW, on same macbook pro with xp pro bootcamped it was very fast. Definitely a mac issue.

However... tonight when I was looking at my DNS settings on my macbook pro and pondering why the browser loading was so slow, I noticed DHCP had the network DNS settings (not local ones but the real ones of my isp), but I remembered back on the TC settings page the only DNS setting was to the address of the TC, in my case, 192.168.1.1. That's the local address of the router and it's the same for my linksys. So I added 192.168.1.1 to the DNS list and suddenly it blazingly fast. Problem fixed!

Moral of the story, if you are using DHCP, make sure the address of your TC (10.0.1.1 or 192.168.1.1 or whatever you use) is in you DNS list.
Hope this helps.

[SteveDenn]

I just switched back to my local cable company, with their fastest download speed with turbo is about 22megs, fast yes. BUT Safari, Firefox, & Opera pages take close to 15 seconds to load or longer.

How would I find out what DNS settings to use on my end?
I'm using their new wireless & wired router which also controls our cable phone & cable tv. I'm not using my Netgear router or the Linksys one any more.


Thanks