Slow internet is slowwww.

[Epical]

Basically within the last couple weeks I've noticed that while browsing pages (any page, in any browser) it can take (and does more often than not) an incredibly long time for them to load (anywhere from instant to a minute). I don't know what would've caused this, seeing as I did nothing to tinker with my internet security software/router. My download/gaming speeds are uneffected, just browsing the web. I've disabled my Kaspersky firewall to see if it helped, and nothing. I also phoned my ISP and they went through the usual useless shit which didn't help in the least (deleting cache/cookies/temp files). My router has a firewall that I haven't touched since I got it, but it suddenly wouldn't start causing this when before it was fine, right? Also, I looked at my router log, and there is a shitton of TCP/UDP packet rejections coming from the port my torrent client uses, and I would like to see those NOT be rejected (I'm assuming that's hurting my seeding ability?), so what would I have to do?

I know there are some people who work for ISPs that browse these forums, so hopefully they'll be more help than my ISP was.

[Koga]

Just a couple quick questions:
1 - Is it Browser related or isolated to the browser your using? If it is browser related, try resetting all the values or re-installing it.
2 - What brand of Router are you using?

[SephYuyX]

2 - What brand of Router are you using?

Try connecting your PC directly to the wall (bypass router) and see if there is any difference.

[Rags]

What kind of router is it? Is it a modem/router combo? I used to run from a modem to a router to my PC's. I noticed after awhile that my Pc's were running allot slower on certain things and not others. I basically had to go and reset the router and then reconfigure it and the PC's. Screwed up part was I had to do this every few months. So if it is a router you should check with the company.

[Killgannon]

im one of those people who work at an ISP and browse these forums

but

what kind of ISP do you have? cable or DSL (if DSL who?)? what type of router do you have? if you bypass the router and are plugged directly into your modem do you still have the same problem?

[Epical]

Just a couple quick questions:
1 - Is it Browser related or isolated to the browser your using? If it is browser related, try resetting all the values or re-installing it.
2 - What brand of Router are you using?

1 - All browsers (both FF/IE)
2 - Linksys

What kind of router is it? Is it a modem/router combo? I used to run from a modem to a router to my PC's. I noticed after awhile that my Pc's were running allot slower on certain things and not others. I basically had to go and reset the router and then reconfigure it and the PC's. Screwed up part was I had to do this every few months. So if it is a router you should check with the company.

Linksys WRT330N.

what kind of ISP do you have? cable or DSL (if DSL who?)? what type of router do you have? if you bypass the router and are plugged directly into your modem do you still have the same problem?

Cable ISP, Shaw. Router is above.

I will bypass the router today and let you know if it's any different. Thanks for your help so far. =)

[Koga]

Any update since you bypassed the router?

[Osede]

Also, I looked at my router log, and there is a shitton of TCP/UDP packet rejections coming from the port my torrent client uses, and I would like to see those NOT be rejected (I'm assuming that's hurting my seeding ability?), so what would I have to do?

the rejections are normal. Usually there are alots of trash that keep sending into our network, which is router's job to filter them. I remember old days in my college in my home country where we just strated adsl. And the college computer room does not has any firewall at all. Then the computer screen always pop up some sex service message when we using it lol.

hm. are your place close to western new york area? Since I'm also experience some sort of problem that same as you. But I still need to wait my desktop to be fixed to that I can make sure it is only my laptop problem, or its between isp or network issue.

[Epical]

Any update since you bypassed the router?

To be honest, I haven't yet. I have too much shit running at a time to take 10 minutes to disconnect, reset modem, direct connect, find out if it's better, disconnect, reset modem, and go back through router. Maybe one day when I'm bored I can do it, but until then I've just been dealing with the slowness.

the rejections are normal. Usually there are alots of trash that keep sending into our network, which is router's job to filter them. I remember old days in my college in my home country where we just strated adsl. And the college computer room does not has any firewall at all. Then the computer screen always pop up some sex service message when we using it lol.

hm. are your place close to western new york area? Since I'm also experience some sort of problem that same as you. But I still need to wait my desktop to be fixed to that I can make sure it is only my laptop problem, or its between isp or network issue.

I took down my router firewall for a while and it seemed to help a BIT, but I just felt weird without my router firewall active, so I put it back up. Thanks for the confirmation.

[Epical]

Small update for those who were wondering: I seemed to have fixed it. I edited my hosts file back to it's default content (I had edited it in the first place for the Audiosurf hack) and the long waits no longer occur! It was complete fluke too... I saw the hosts file tool thing in HijackThis and just took out the extra lines. Cool. =)

[Koga]

Glad it worked for you... just weird that resolving those IP's back to localhost would cause connectivity issues.

EDIT > BTW, Are you not running SurfBoard or something? The source code for it shows that it removes those entries from hosts file on exit...

[Epical]

No, I never got it to work, even trying to use Surfboard.

[Koga]

I had the same problem and this is what I did to fix it.

Uninstall Audio Surf.
Install Audio Surf.
Install Surfboard.
Change the Version Number to 1.
DONT EDIT HOSTS FILE
Run SurfBoard
Run AudioSurf, when it starts loading press enter, you should see in the command window in the background that it has sent the packets.