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Slow Browsing ...good download speed on cable net Help plz..

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Ankit Original post #1
Jul 5, 2005 at 10:41 AM
Hi all....
I've recently taken a 32kbps (plz don't laugh) unlimited connection from exatt...in mumbai.....they are using rspppoe for ppp over ethernet....
now when i download any thing from flashget even with a single connection.i get full bandwidth and avg download speeds are 4Kbytes/sec....same is the case when ny antivirus software updates its virus def...etc...problem comes when i am browsing....the speeds are dead slow....both in forefox and IE...
can you people suggest some tweaks and workaround for this problem.....

THE MTU is set to 1492...default for rspppoe....
any help is appreciated....thx in advance....
kalpik
kalpik #2
Jul 5, 2005 at 10:46 AM
Check out your DNS settings. Maybe something wrong there! Cuz browsing uses a LOT of DNS whereas downloading uses DNS only once!
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Ankit #3
Jul 5, 2005 at 10:54 AM
dns setings...

how to modify dns settings...
do you mean that i shall specify the dns server address in the nic properties...