Webpages loading slowly

I have had my computer for over a year and never had any problems until the last few days. When I am on the internet the pages are loading so slowly and sometimes don't load at all. Has anybody got any ideas what I could do to improve matters. I have a broadband connection.

These articles should be to help.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2296
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3408

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Hello everybody,
this is my first post in this community. So far this group has helped me to solve all kinds of problems I ran into by simply browsing the forum, but this time I hope that somebody might be able to help me directly.
My wireless network at home consists of an AirPort Extreme Base Station (4th Generation) and an AirPort Express Base Station that are both connected via Ethernet to a Cisco Router. I have a cable internet connection and I use the Cisco Router (which was provided by my ISP) as an interface between the cable socket and my two Apple base stations. However, only the AirPort Extreme Base Station is used to create a wireless network. The AirPort Express is used only for AirPlay.
For a couple of months now, I have been experiencing an odd problem. Webpages take a very long time to load on my MacBook Pro (13'' Retina display), my older MacBook, as well as on my girlfriend's MacBook Air (11''). Sometimes the pages load for so long that there is a timeout before the page is loaded completely. I experience this with all kinds of web browsers (Safari, Firefox, Chrome). The odd thing is that only the loading of webpages seem to be affected. Internet Downloads, Video Streams, etc. are still extremely fast. I get the following results on speedtest.net (after spending 1 minute to load the page):
- Ping: 9ms
- Download Speed: 38.55 Mbps
- Upload Speed: 7.62 Mbps
Also, when connected to the network with my iPad or my girlfriend's iPhone, pages load with a normal speed. We experience the issues only on our Mac computers. Outside my home network all computers load pages as quickly as they should.
Here is a list of things that I tried:
- Restarted AirPort Extreme Base Station and Cisco Router
- Factory Reset of AirPort Extreme Base Station and Cisco Router
- Downgraded AirPort Extreme Base Station from 7.6.1. to various former versions and back
- Changed channels of the Airport Extreme Base Station
- Connected to AirPort Extreme base station via Ethernet (pages still loading slowly)
- Ran Activity Monitor on my Mac, but found no activities that could cause the Mac to slow down
- Ran Network Utility and sent a ping to google.com, but experienced no traffic loss
At this point I am really running out of ideas on how to solve this. Does anybody have a clue what might cause this?
Best regards,
Georg

HI tzbikowski,
thanks for your message!
I added 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 to my DNS server list. This has definitely improved things. Pages are loading quicker now, but it's still far from the speed you would expect. Could you elaborate on what you mean when you say that the cisco settings should be correctly propagated onto LAN? When connecting to the Cisco router through the admin interface, it mentions two different DNS servers that the router appears to use (I guess those are provided by my ISP). Are you referring to these servers?
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Good evening,
Over the past month or so, I have been having very slow internet connection. Actually, webpage loading is the problem. If I can explain so you understand: when I have a website entered for search in the address bar, for instance: http://discussioins.apple.com, the address "highlights" as it's searching, but intermittently. For instance, only the first 5 characters of the address highlight, then there is a pause, then the next few characters in the address highlight, pause again. This action occurs until finally. This goes on until the entire address is highlighted then of course, the website loads, albeit slowly. This has never happened before and I have not changed any settings. Any resolve for this issue?
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FMW

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if Safari, then it sounds normal for a slow connection.
You might read http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3408?viewlocale=en_US & try different dns for starters.
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Please no spamming, flaming and being plain rude to me and others. If you can not listen, read, or under stand my warning you will be kicked off from posting on threads buy a froum monitor. Pleas and thank you for posting and helping me out with fixing my problems.

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Mac OS: Long delay before webpages load, then load suddenly at normal speed
Symptoms
When trying to access a website via its DNS name, such as www.apple.com, there may be a delay that ranges from several seconds up to several minutes before the page loads at normal speed, depending on the operating system version and configuration. However, if you access the website's numerical IP address, such as http://17.149.160.49 , the page loads immediately.
Two causes of the issue are described below, DNS configuration and changing networks. Issues related to changing networks usually only affect portable Macs.
Products Affected
Safari, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.3, Mac OS X 10.2, Mac OS X 10.1, Mac OS X 10.0, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6
Resolution
DNS configuration
This may indicate a non-responsive DNS server or an invalid DNS configuration. A DNS server converts a name to a numerical IP address, "www.apple.com" to "17.149.160.49", for example. You can connect to an IP address without any delay, because the need for DNS resolution is avoided. Here are four scenarios in which the symptom may occur:
You have specified two or more DNS servers in the Network preference pane (possibly at the direction of a network administrator or your ISP), but the first server on the list has become non-responsive, or was entered incorrectly. The delay occurs while Mac OS X waits for the first server to respond, then it goes to the next server in your list. Make sure the addresses are entered correctly. Changing the order of DNS addresses may improve performance. If your network administrator prefers that the primary server be used, you may wish to change back to the original order after the issue is resolved with the primary server.
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You have not specified a DNS server, and automatic discovery of the service is not provided on your network. In this scenario, you can only connect via an IP address. Web pages do not load at all via a DNS name, such as is described in this article.
How to resolve
Check with your network administrator or Internet Service Provider (ISP) to make sure your DNS information is correct. If your ISP only provides you with one DNS address, consider requesting a second one for use in the event that the first becomes unavailable.
Once you have the address(es), you can use these steps to change your DNS information. Note: After using these steps, some Internet applications may need to be quit and reopened to return to normal behavior.
Mac OS X v10.5 or 10.6:
From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
From the View menu, choose Network.
Click the interface you use to connect to the Internet, such as AirPort or Built-in Ethernet.
If you use Built-in Ethernet: Type your DNS address(es) in the DNS Server field. If you have more than one, separate them with a comma.
If you use AirPort, click Advanced, then click the DNS tab. For each server, click the "+" button under DNS Servers and enter the address provided by your ISP or network admin. Click OK when done.
Click Apply.
Mac OS X v10.4 or earlier:
From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
From the View menu, choose Network.
From the Show menu, choose the interface you use to connect to the Internet.
Click the TCP/IP tab.
Type your DNS address in the Domain Name Servers field. If you have more than one, press Return at the end of each to put the next address on a new line.
Click Apply Now.
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I have just received a copy of iWork 09 at work, for installation to our school iMac workstations. However, I'm having the problem in that all of the apps, Numbers, Pages and Keynote load very slowly when my test iMac is connected to our school network.
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While I can't fully answer your question, maybe I can point you in the right direction.
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            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
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