Explorer & FF slow on "finding site http..."

IrishPip · 08-31-2006, 05:47 AM

Started last week, all working fine and suddenly all browsers (IE6 & IE7 & Firefox) take forever on requesting any webpage. Running xp on broadband 3mb. Have multiple computers on same network and perfect speeds on them. PC in question is fast and new.

When any page is requested the browsers take about 60 seconds to request the page. In the corner it says "finding site" or "waiting for". Once it starts to download the page flys up instantly. Same with all pages. A bit fast obviously second time on any page.

Connection is fine speed wise, once anything starts downloading it goes instantly to full speed. Network monitor shows it reaching & maintaing full speed on downloads (tested by downloading media player) but very long pauses between requests for websites. Network speed is fine between this computer and others. The computer pings fine.

So far I have,

Ran ad-adware and norton scans ( all clear )
Cleared all caches and temporary files
Uninstalled firefox and IE 7 and reinstalled IE7
Changed broadband connection to USB and other ethernet connections
Released and renewed ip
Switched to fixed IP and back to automatic
Enabled and disabled proxy settings
Ran repair tool on connection
disabled all security (Nortons and Windows, normally use just Nortons firewall)
Set internet default security to low
Run network wizard to create new network

Cannot find any articles related to such a problem online. As mentioned I feel security isn't a problem and that the connection is perfect. I just find it strange that the pages eventually appear.

Any suggestions welcome, Thank you.

08-31-2006, 05:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
IrishPip Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Explorer & FF slow on "finding site http..." Started last week, all working fine and suddenly all browsers (IE6 & IE7 & Firefox) take forever on requesting any webpage. Running xp on broadband 3mb. Have multiple computers on same network and perfect speeds on them. PC in question is fast and new. When any page is requested the browsers take about 60 seconds to request the page. In the corner it says "finding site" or "waiting for". Once it starts to download the page flys up instantly. Same with all pages. A bit fast obviously second time on any page. Connection is fine speed wise, once anything starts downloading it goes instantly to full speed. Network monitor shows it reaching & maintaing full speed on downloads (tested by downloading media player) but very long pauses between requests for websites. Network speed is fine between this computer and others. The computer pings fine. So far I have, Ran ad-adware and norton scans ( all clear ) Cleared all caches and temporary files Uninstalled firefox and IE 7 and reinstalled IE7 Changed broadband connection to USB and other ethernet connections Released and renewed ip Switched to fixed IP and back to automatic Enabled and disabled proxy settings Ran repair tool on connection disabled all security (Nortons and Windows, normally use just Nortons firewall) Set internet default security to low Run network wizard to create new network Cannot find any articles related to such a problem online. As mentioned I feel security isn't a problem and that the connection is perfect. I just find it strange that the pages eventually appear. Any suggestions welcome, Thank you.