On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/01/14 14:56, Charlie wrote: >> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 14:03:45 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: >> >>> On 01/01/14 13:07, Charlie wrote: >>>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:31:00 +1100 Scott Ferguson sent: >>>>[...] > You can also speed things up considerably by avoiding the whole DNS > relay problem altogether by putting the IP address of sites that use > static addresses into your hosts file:- > root@vbserver:~# ping -c1 debian.org > PING debian.org (128.31.0.51) 56(84) bytes of data. > <snipped> > root@vbserver:~# echo "128.31.0.51 debian.org" >> /etc/hosts > Now connecting to debian.org doesn't involve the computer having to ask > the DNS for the IP address as it gets it from the (hosts file in less > than 128ms). >[...]
Satellite's asymmetric speed is problematic, of course. You should look for timeouts to adjust. You might even want to run your own DNS, and even a local reverse proxy, if there are certain places you visit regularly. About the "safe" mode business, I would guess they are either looking at a checklist that makes no reference to any alternative to MSWindows and says, "Check the problem in safe mode first!", or they want an excuse to throw the problem back in your lap. If you want to humor them, boot a live CD to test the speed, or shut down X11 and use a textmode browser like lynx. -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caar43ipfaernbujy-on5uvtajutr6nbpjn1x9bywehpepig...@mail.gmail.com
