[expert] Netscape troubles

[Bobby Welch]

Netscape starts up slowy (almost seems like it is going to hang) when i
start it up while i am connected to the internet.  This does not happen
when i start up netscape when i am not connected to the internet .. it
does not hang, it starts right up.  Does anyone know what could be
causing this?  I have erased my .netscape dir hoping that that would fix
the problem but no such luck.  I connect to the internet via modem and
am not connected to a lan.  Any help would be greatly be appreciated.