Vista taking too long to resolve DNS?

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Infocom

I have noticed that Vista takes a long time to resolve DNS (or something)
when browsing the internet. I have to wait like 10 seconds when going to a
new web site. Its fine when going back to a website I have been to (in the
same browser session - restarting brings back the wait). During this time it
states "Looking up ...." or "Waiting for ..." in the status bar. Then it
loads. On my XP machines on the same network using same router etc. it loads
instantly.

I've disabled the Toredo/6to4adapter, uninstalled McAffee/Norton, use
Windows Firewall, no AV at the moment. Its the same on IE and Firefox. I
recently uninstalled some security updates because my internet was slow and
thought I fixed this too, but I haven't. I have a HP Pavillion dv6000.

Anyone know why its so slow connecting?

Thanks
 
Hello Infocom,

How is your network setup? Routers servers etc. Post an ipconfig /all from
the machine.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
 
I have a Cable&Wireless Wireless ADSL Router. 11g.
1 XP PC connected wirelessly, 1 XP Laptop connected wirelessly and 1 Vista
Laptop connected wirelessley.

ipconfig is

C:\Users\Laurie>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyLaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-87-DE-95
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.11(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 23 October 2007 10:39:49
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 24 October 2007 10:39:48
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-7C-07-BE
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes





Hello Infocom,

How is your network setup? Routers servers etc. Post an ipconfig /all from
the machine.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
 
Hello Infocom,

Did you talk to your ISP about the slow connection at the beginning? If you
have no own DNS server and it looks like this, may be the Providers DNS has
some problems with the resolving of the names. Can you manually change in
your dsl router the DNS server addresses?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
 
Hi. Sorry for late reply I have been out...
But resolving DNS is Ok on all XP machines in the house. So my ISP shouldn't
make a difference should it? The only slow resolving of names is with Vista.
And I am no expert but doesn't my computer speak to my router which then
connects to the DNS? So the ISP wont know if its Vista or XP will it?


Hello Infocom,

Did you talk to your ISP about the slow connection at the beginning? If you
have no own DNS server and it looks like this, may be the Providers DNS has
some problems with the resolving of the names. Can you manually change in
your dsl router the DNS server addresses?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
 
Hello Infocom,

Stop the Phishing filter in IE 7 via Tools, Phishing Filter and see if this
helps.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
 
I already stopped the phishing filter but it doesnt work. I use Firefox too
and this has the same problem.
Also switched off Windows Firewall and still had the problem.

Hello Infocom,

Stop the Phishing filter in IE 7 via Tools, Phishing Filter and see if this
helps.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
 
Well it looks like I fixed this by uninstalling even more updates, like how
fixed my last issue of a slow internet. I dont think I want to install any
more updates!
Its amazing how Microsofts years of OS experience can take us so far back!
 
Sorry I take that back... it started working fine at super speed again like
it was out of the box, but after a few minutes its gone back slow again, 10
seconds to connect to a website. So will keep trying (sigh)
 
Hi. I have an update on this problem... when I start Vista everything seems
to be OK for about 5 to 10 minutes. Web pages are found immediately. But
after this time the problem comes back, and it takes about 10 seconds to
find web pages then.
 
Infocom... I'm having the very same problem - and have not yet resolved it.
Do you have a resolution yet? I would appreciate any additional feedback.
Thanks...
-BG
 
Infocom... I'm having the very same problem - and have not yet resolved it.
Do you have a resolution yet? I would appreciate any additional feedback.
Thanks...
-BG
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hi , i've exactly the same problem ,
either iexplorer/firefox waits 10-30 seconds for dns resolve... after
resolving and saving on local dns cache it works fine ...until vista
auto flushes it's dns cache (10 minutes or so),
everything is working fine on my XP on the same pc - same dns/ tcp/ip
configuration so it's problem with Vista.

I would also appreciate any additional feedback.


PS : Maybe someone has an idea how to turn off auto flush of local dns
cache in Vista ? - it would partially solve my poblem ...
 
After a long time on the phone w/ Dell (of no help at all)... and a couple of
hours on the phone w/ Microsoft... The Microsoft tech got me going in the
right direction. Here is what solved the issue for me: KB929547. Check it
out.

This fixes a Vista issue with the way it handles certain Windows app code.
In my case, my firewall (CA Internet Suite) apparently was written using that
particular Windows coding - or whatever.

My Internet access is flying now. Let me know if it works for you.

Later.
 
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