This is off topic, but so many people on this list use Macs, I though it worth posting. Evidently, there''s a problem in WebKit that can slow Internet access to a crawl. Particularly if you are doing DNS lookups, as does Safari. The fix: In System Preferences, go to the Airport or Built-In Ethernet pane, and the TCP/IP tab. For DNS Server, enter 4.2.2.2 Then, in Terminal do: lookupd -flushcache I''m not even sure why this works, but it provided me immediate speed improvements. Hope it helps someone else. --steve -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-OT--Speeding-Up-Safari-tf3061983.html#a8514627 Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
This change overrides any DNS settings your ISP/Administrator may configure for you. It may not work for everyone - especially those behind real firewalls (not that NAT everything things). The "flushcache" option tells your local DNS cache to forget everything it knows. It''s not really a fix for WebKit (or anything else). That said - the server seems to be a fast one located near the root DNS (http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net&type=ALL). If it works for you - go for it :) On Jan 23, 1:58 pm, "s.ross" <cwdi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> This is off topic, but so many people on this list use Macs, I though it > worth posting. Evidently, there''s a problem in WebKit that can slow Internet > access to a crawl. Particularly if you are doing DNS lookups, as does > Safari. The fix: > > In System Preferences, go to the Airport or Built-In Ethernet pane, and the > TCP/IP tab. For DNS Server, enter 4.2.2.2 > > Then, in Terminal do: > > lookupd -flushcache > > I''m not even sure why this works, but it provided me immediate speed > improvements. Hope it helps someone else. > > --steve > -- > View this message in context:http://www.nabble.com/-OT--Speeding-Up-Safari-tf3061983.html#a8514627 > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Sorry, I really should have put the usual caveats about blowing away caches and changing DNS or proxy settings, etc. I confess I bounce from toy ISP to other toy ISP (read: the cable companies) and don''t always have good entries in my cache. This change would be utterly inappropriate in any managed setting, as you mention. askegg wrote:> > > This change overrides any DNS settings your ISP/Administrator may > configure for you. It may not work for everyone - especially those > behind real firewalls (not that NAT everything things). The > "flushcache" option tells your local DNS cache to forget everything it > knows. It''s not really a fix for WebKit (or anything else). > > That said - the server seems to be a fast one located near the root DNS > (http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=vnsc-bak.sys.gtei.net&type=ALL). > If it works for you - go for it :) > > On Jan 23, 1:58 pm, "s.ross" <cwdi...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> This is off topic, but so many people on this list use Macs, I though it >> worth posting. Evidently, there''s a problem in WebKit that can slow >> Internet >> access to a crawl. Particularly if you are doing DNS lookups, as does >> Safari. The fix: >> >> In System Preferences, go to the Airport or Built-In Ethernet pane, and >> the >> TCP/IP tab. For DNS Server, enter 4.2.2.2 >> >> Then, in Terminal do: >> >> lookupd -flushcache >> >> I''m not even sure why this works, but it provided me immediate speed >> improvements. Hope it helps someone else. >> >> --steve >> -- >> View this message in >> context:http://www.nabble.com/-OT--Speeding-Up-Safari-tf3061983.html#a8514627 >> Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-OT--Speeding-Up-Safari-tf3061983.html#a8515713 Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---