Why do I have to keep "Stopping + Refreashing" every page load?

Question

Lately it seems every time I go to a new page I Safari stops for about 20 or 30 secs before it loads unless I hit stop and then refreash.
Any ideas Please?
Thanks tons
T

Answer 1

Thanks Tom.
Here's suggestions for both Airport Express and your Network settings:
Airport Express:
Your Intel machine has an Airport Extreme card. Not sure about your G4 machines. To determine if they do, click on the Apple Menu for each machine (Apple Logo in the upper left of your screen) and select "about this Mac". Select "more info". When the Apple Profiler opens, select Airport Card on the left. If the description says "Airport Extreme", the following suggestion applies.
For each machine -first, open AirPort Admin Utility.app in your Utilities folder.
Double click your Airport Unit (if it doesn't appear in the list, select "rescan"). Once the panel opens, select the "Airport panel". Down the bottom, in the 'mode' drop down menu, change the setting to 802.11g only. If you do not have an Airport Extreme card, change the setting to 802.11b only.
Also, click on the Internet panel. Mine looks like this:
In the Airport panel, click on base station options:
My panel looks like this:
Make changes as necessary.
When you are complete, select "update". Your Airport unit will reset. Wait for the green light to appear.
If still having a problem with your internet connection on any of the machines, these two suggestions from MacFixit may help:
Disable Remote configuration - If you are experiencing inordinately slow transfer speeds through your AirPort Base station though a strong signal exists, you may want to try this workaround which involves disabling remote configuration on AirPort Base Stations upgraded with the firmware included in the AirPort 4.2 updater package -- resulting in the removal of a potential speed bottleneck introduced with the new firmware.
This workaround is accomplished via the following process:
Open the AirPort Admin Utility (located in Applications/Utilities)
Select the desired Base Station from the availability list
Go to the "Base Station Options" tab
Click on "WAN Ethernet Port"
Uncheck the box next to "Enable Remote Configuration."
Save your AirPort Base Station settings
Sometimes, a simple hard reset can help: Hard Resets of Airport Express
Network connection suggestions:
Network Panel - these suggestions seems to help:
Go to the System Preferences>Network panel
- Location - set up a personal location by clicking on the drop down menu and selecting "add a location". Use a name familiar to you. Once established, select "apply".
- Next, click on the "Show" drop down menu and select Network Port Configurations. Only Airport ought to be checked, unless you are using a Bluetooth device. Move Airport to the top of the list (you can drag it). Select "apply".
- Back to the "Show" menu, select "Airport". Click on the TCP panel. There, enter 208.67.222.222 and
208.67.220.220 (separate lines) in the DNS servers box and select "apply". Note: If you use Verizon, best code to use is 4.2.2.2. Also, some other Internet Providers have their own specific codes, such as Comcast. If in doubt, check with your Internet Provider.
Creating a personal location, plus adding the DNS codes seems to speed things up. Otherwise, the "automatic" function has a tendency to "search" for available locations creating lag.
Lastly, in the Finder for each machine, go to your Utilities folder and select "Terminal". Once the screen is open enter lookupd -flushcache (copy/paste this) and press return. This clears out the DNS cache. Once done, quit Terminal.
Post back and let me know how this worked out.
iMac G5 Rev C 20" 2.5gb RAM 250 gb HD/iBook G4 1.33 ghz 1.5gb RAM 40 gb HD   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   LaCie 160gb d2 HD Canon i960 printer, Airport Express (2 units)