SOLVED:Poor networking performance (Slow site lookup)

Question

I am dual booting with Windoze on the same machine. Websurfing performance on Arch is poor, and I can't figure out why. Windoze surfing with Firefox is instantaneous, whereas on Arch, I get "looking up http:www.google.com....................." for a good 5 seconds, sometimes 10 or 20 seconds, or more.
It will be fine for a few minutes, and then I get pretty bad stalls like that quite often.
Heres my rc.conf networking section:
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
And my daemons:
DAEMONS=(@syslog-ng @hal @network @netfs @crond @alsa @fam @portmap kdm)
Any ideas?

Answer 1

lucke wrote:
Sometimes ipv6 causes problem.
You might try adding "alias net-pf-10 off" to /etc/modprobe.conf.
Tried this, and it did not work. Same lag when "looking up" sights.
High|ander wrote:Try to use your ISP:s DNS (better then letting your router redirect every DNS request)
Snarkout wrote:I'd add those entries to resolv.conf and see what shakes loose -
ralvez wrote:I concur with Snarkout.
The way I have it set up in my system, and works like a charm, is that I have the nameserver set in the router and in my system.
Ok, this seems to have worked. I plugged the DNS ip entries into the router and my resolv.conf, but DHCPD rewrites the resolv.conf on each reboot. I will consult the wiki to correct that, but even with just the DNS info in the router alone, I tried it out for a good 10 minutes and it was zippy fast, just like Windoze and PCLinuxOS (on my other HD).
I will wait a day before renaming the thread as "SOLVED", so I can test ouit the results more thoroughly.
Now, can anyone explain why it works fast under Windoze and PCLinuxOS, but Arch needs the DNS settings? Or is it just one of those weird unexplainable things?
I am using a D-Link router, if it matters. (IIRC, some routers actually use Linux.)
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