Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-13 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 13 September 2008 00:43:43 Alan Mackenzie wrote: rant mode Sorry, it's difficult.  My router, and its ~160 pages of doku are utter crap.  The configuration program (over a web browser ) explodes things in my face each time the mouse moves, and I can't even guess what the designer

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-13 Thread Stroller
On 12 Sep 2008, at 21:59, Alan Mackenzie wrote: ... /etc/resolv.conf: ## ### # Generated by dhcpcd for interface eth0 search Speedport_W_700V nameserver 192.168.2.1

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-13 Thread Daniel Beecham
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 14:59 +0100, Stroller wrote: On 12 Sep 2008, at 21:59, Alan Mackenzie wrote: ... I do # route (as root), and get this: ## ### Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:21:05 +0200, Daniel Beecham wrote: I think that route rDNS'es the host, and is not set. I could be wrong though. It does, use route -n to prevent this. -- Neil Bothwick If it isn't broken, I can fix it. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo! I bought a new hard drive on Wednesday, and am seriously getting Gentoo installed (after doing a trial installation in July). However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most noticeable when running emerge. It is very also noticeable running Firefox; the looking up is

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread Daniel Beecham
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 18:47 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo! I bought a new hard drive on Wednesday, and am seriously getting Gentoo installed (after doing a trial installation in July). However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most noticeable when running

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Daniel, On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 08:50:13PM +0200, Daniel Beecham wrote: However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most noticeable when running emerge. It is very also noticeable running Firefox; the looking up is _much_ slower than on my existing Debian sarge

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:59:49 + Alan Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Daniel, On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 08:50:13PM +0200, Daniel Beecham wrote: However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most noticeable when running emerge. It is very also noticeable running

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread Alan Mackenzie
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 05:18:16PM -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: At Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:59:49 + Alan Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Daniel, On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 08:50:13PM +0200, Daniel Beecham wrote: However looking up URL's is very, very slow. This is most

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread Daniel Beecham
As long as speedport.ip is 192.168.2.1, the routes are okay, and the resolv-file is okay aswell. It's most likely either DNS-cacheer, i.e. your own router, or the DNS-server your ISP is giving you beeing the bottleneck. You could go ahead and dig(1) both those servers and perhaps time(1) that.

Re: [gentoo-user] Network configuration: looking up URLs is very slow; how can I fix this?

2008-09-12 Thread deface
I use opendns.com - take a peep at it, very highly recommended. deface On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo! I bought a new hard drive on Wednesday, and am seriously getting Gentoo installed (after doing a trial installation in July). However looking up