Extremely slow web page loading to only 1 site ?

[Steven Stern]

On 02/08/2010 06:21 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Linuxguy123 wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 15:38 -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
>>   
>>> On 02/05/2010 06:33 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
>>>     
>>>> This has me scratching my head.
>>>>
>>>> My access to www.rv.net is extremely slow.  With both Konqueror and
>>>> Firefox.  And yet others say they have good access times.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>> It sucks a big time from Chicago on Comcast.
>>>
>>> $ time curl 'http://www.rv.net'>/dev/null
>>>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
>>> Current
>>>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
>>> Speed
>>> 100 37271    0 37271    0     0    565      0 --:--:--  0:01:05 --:--:--
>>>   542
>>>
>>> real	1m5.967s
>>> user	0m0.014s
>>> sys	0m0.031s
>>>     
>>
>> Hate to burst your bubble, but this looks like a Linux problem.
>>
>> I get the same speed you do loading rv.net.  But it loads instantly on
>> my wife's laptop with Vista and IE.  Instantly.  Same network, same
>> wireless router.
>>
>> Can you guys test access speeds on your networks with a Windows
>> computer ?
>>
>>   
> Actually, it may or may not be a "linux" problem.....
> 
> It loads fast on my RHELv4.8 system.  But slow on F12.  As noted in
> other posts, it isn't a browser issue.
> 
> In the back of my mind, from a few years ago, I remember there an issue
> with the linux TCP/IP stack and some "mis-configured" routers.  I need
> to get some coffee and hopefully my brain will get in gear....
> 
> 
> 
> 
It's a lot faster on my iPhone, too.

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-- Steve