Slow internet browsing.

[Julian Stacey]

Reference:
> From:		Sandro Noel <snoel at gestosoft.com> 
> Date:		Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:51:05 -0400 
> Message-id:	<1416A124-66AC-477C-98E2-884B37D16181 at gestosoft.com> 

Sandro Noel wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> i dont know if this is the right group, so please correct me .
> I'm using 5.4 RELEASE
> 
> i need to know how to uninstall a networking device from the system  
> completely
> it was configured with sysinstall.
> 
> when the system starts up, the sk0 is configured to get a DHCP lease.
> it gets the lease but afterwards anything trying to access the  
> network is slow to a crawl,
> 
> i tried disabeling the device and the system boots just fine and fast.
> but when on, it draws somme operations to a crawl.
> 
> starting Xorg takes forever and
> i use KDE, and for some reason the Konkeror browser is slow to the  
> point where it will time out eventually.
> i tried Firefox, and the same thing happens.
> 
> 
> some operations are notmal for some reason,
> SAMBA operations are ok,
> FTP is somewhat slower but acceptable.
> Downloading a file from the FTP is very long to start, but once started,
> it's as fast as what i am used to.
> 
> ping and all the related tools seem to work ok.
> 
> any clue would be helpful, I'm looking in the eye of a reinstall, and  
> i hate that solution.
> 
> Sandro Noel

Sounds like nameserver timeouts
Clues you can try to learn what you machine is doing:
	more /etc/host.conf
	man host.conf 
	more /etc/resolv.conf
	man resolv.conf

netstat -ra 	# look at default route

vi /etc/rc.conf		# patch out sk line if you dont want it.

if you'r new to Unix & nets etc, & find the above a bit much,
rather than reinstall, you can reconfig by 
	su
	/usr/sbin/sysinstall		# Valid path on my 6.0-BETA4
	# /stand/sysintall		# other path I recall
		Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD
		Configure additional network services
		Configure additional network interfaces

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Julian Stacey.  Consultant Unix Net & Sys. Eng., Munich.  http://berklix.com
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