might not help much but heres a link
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/SuSE/2003-10/2499.html
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:04:43 -0400, Bob Stia <rnr@sanctum.com> wrote:
> On Friday, 9 July 2004 12:26 am, Bob Stia wrote:
>
> > > >>>Recently developed an annoying problem with Mozilla. It loads
> > > >>>webpages from the internet extremely slowly. I can watch the
> > > >>> data rate download from kinternet. I will get a short burst of
> > > >>> data, then it will be idle for 15 or 20 or 30 seconds and then
> > > >>> get another short burst. This can continue for 15 or 20
> > > >>> minutes until a page is completely loaded............<rest
> > > >>> snipped>.......
>
> > On Saturday 10 July 2004 07:48 am, scott wrote:
>
> > > It sounds to me like your /etc/resolv.conf file may have a bad dns
> > > server listed,
> > > causing things to time out until the next one is tried. A browser
> > > can look up
> > > addresses many times, whereas a mail or ftp client looks them up
> > > once, or at least I imagine that to be the case. Try commenting
> > > out the first server in the
> > > resolv.conf file by placing the # character at the start of the
> > > line and see if things
> > > speed up.
> >
> > Scott,
> >
> > Hmmmmm....at your suggestion I went and looked at /etc/resolv.config
> > I found something strange. The file had been replaced by pppd, &
> > pppo.
> >
> > Following is the new/replaced resolv.conf file:
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > # Process: pppd
> > # Process_id: 2523
> > # Script: /etc/ppp/ip-up
> > # Saveto:
> > # Info: This is a temporary resolv.conf created by service
> > pppd. # The previous file has been saved and will be
> > restored later.
> > #
> > # If you don't like your resolv.conf to be changed, you
> > # can set MODIFY_{RESOLV,NAMED}_CONF_DYNAMICALLY=no.
> > This # variables are placed in
> > /etc/sysconfig/network/config. #
> > # You can also configure service pppd not to modify it.
> > #
> > # If you do not want the pppd to change your nameserver
> > # settings set MODIFYDNS=no in the config file for
> > # this provider in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers/
> > # and ensure that the option usepeerdns is not set
> > # in /etc/ppp/options.
> > #
> > ### END INFO
> > nameserver 206.165.75.20
> > nameserver 206.165.75.10
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > The saved file was blank. Nothing inside. Evidently cannot be restored
> > because it is blank.
> > The nameserver entry show two numbers I have never seen before. They
> > are no way close to my ISP.
> >
> > Could this be the problem, and is this normal? Should I do what the
> > file suggests? Would I change the nameserver to my ISP's numbers,
> > the ISP's actual name ?, or would the file regenerate itself? Where do
> > those strange numbers come from ? Can somebody explain what is going
> > on? Please bear with my ignorance on this subject. Still learning :-)
>
> Bob S.
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