Fairly frequently (but not every time) when I try to visit a web site, my browser starts contacting the server and fetching the page, but hangs for a while instead of bringing the page up. If I stop and reload, the page comes up quickly. The browser itself doesn't hang, the UI still responds, but downloading the page hangs. It's as if some packets are being dropped and a timeout is being waited for or something.
I have a fast broadband connection, so it's not a speed problem. I'm connecting over Airport. It happens in Safari, as well as Firefox and Opera. It's intermittent, but it seems to happen very frequently with certain sites (gmail, for instance), or when I first try to access a web site after not accessing the internet for a few minutes (it's kind of hard to tell specifically what makes it more frequent).
I'm running AcidSearch and PithHelmet, but even with PithHelmet disabled it still happens, and it happens with browsers other than Safari so I don't think that has anything to do with it. This does not happen on any of the windows computers in the house, so I don't believe it's a problem with my internet connection or router.
I am able to keep connections open to a VPN and remote desktop servers, so I don't think the computer has trouble keeping connections alive, it's just making new ones.
The computer is a Powerbook G4 12" 1.5 Ghz, 1.26 GB of RAM, running 10.4.3, fully up to date.
Does this sound like a known problem? Hardware or software?
I have a fast broadband connection, so it's not a speed problem. I'm connecting over Airport. It happens in Safari, as well as Firefox and Opera. It's intermittent, but it seems to happen very frequently with certain sites (gmail, for instance), or when I first try to access a web site after not accessing the internet for a few minutes (it's kind of hard to tell specifically what makes it more frequent).
I'm running AcidSearch and PithHelmet, but even with PithHelmet disabled it still happens, and it happens with browsers other than Safari so I don't think that has anything to do with it. This does not happen on any of the windows computers in the house, so I don't believe it's a problem with my internet connection or router.
I am able to keep connections open to a VPN and remote desktop servers, so I don't think the computer has trouble keeping connections alive, it's just making new ones.
The computer is a Powerbook G4 12" 1.5 Ghz, 1.26 GB of RAM, running 10.4.3, fully up to date.
Does this sound like a known problem? Hardware or software?