Download is great but web pages take ages to load!

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 15:58

I've always been happy with my VM download and always hit max speed but recently, no matter what browser I'm in, my web pages are slow to load.

If I go on a page with lots of pictures it will take ages before my browser is given back to me and sometimes I see 'not responding' come up.

Even the front page of OCUK takes a few seconds before my mouse works.

Any idea what's going on?

TNGL · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:00

Is it the same for all devices in the house? Also, a slow upload speed can affect how fast content is downloaded because it will affect your response times.

panyan · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:01

i think this is something to do with the ports as the HTTP port is the port for web browsing which, you can imagine, is the most used one on a network and so would work the slowest

the port for downloading a file would usually be quicker, but i dont know if there is a way of getting a browser to use a different port to avoid congested ports

then again, i read this YEARS ago, so it may all be wrong by now

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:24

Tingle said:
Is it the same for all devices in the house? Also, a slow upload speed can affect how fast content is downloaded because it will affect your response times.

It's fine on my ASUS Transformer and a laptop

stoke1863 · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:25

Try googles DNS servers or opendns

TNGL · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:32

Dimple said:
It's fine on my ASUS Transformer and a laptop

Hmm. Tried a different ethernet port? Although I don't think that'll do anything. Do you run any anti-virus or anti-malware software which may be scanning the page before allowing you to view it? Try and disable all browser plugins and temporarily disable your AV/AM (if you have one) to see if that's what is causing it.

Firegod · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:34

stoke1863 said:
Try googles DNS servers or opendns

+1. I was going to suggest trying opendns to see if that helps.

Don't forget to do clear your cache and do a flushdns after making the change.

TNGL · 7 Jan 2012 at 16:39

I would've suggested Google's DNS servers, but it's fine for his Asus and laptop, so surely they'd be using the same DNS servers as his computer?

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 17:22

I tried both OpenDNS and Google DNS but no change.

Deception · 7 Jan 2012 at 18:42

Got any anti-virus products running that scan webpages as you load them, like ESET etc?

awinchurch · 7 Jan 2012 at 18:51

As above really, disable antivirus/firewall and try again. If it is good then see if you can find a fix for it

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 19:26

Disabled both Firewall and Virus protection and it is still the same

awinchurch · 7 Jan 2012 at 19:51

What browser you using? Tried another?

TNGL · 7 Jan 2012 at 20:14

Did you read what I'd said, and disabled browser plugins as well?

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 20:31

awinchurch said:
What browser you using? Tried another?

Tingle said:
Did you read what I'd said, and disabled browser plugins as well?

Dimple said:
no matter what browser I'm in

Bry · 7 Jan 2012 at 21:05

take a look at task manager just before and during loading the page, any high spikes?

also try a linux live cd (lets u boot to linux froma cd no install needed and wont touch ur hard drive) these have a simple browser. if it still goes slow then its hardware/isp

DJMK4 · 7 Jan 2012 at 21:41

Could this be an MTU issue? Do you get issues with some pages not loading at all aswel as slow?

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 22:35

DJMK4 said:
Could this be an MTU issue? Do you get issues with some pages not loading at all aswel as slow?

no

4T5 · 7 Jan 2012 at 22:51

Have you run Ad Aware ?

SexyGreyFox · 7 Jan 2012 at 23:33

4T5 said:
Have you run Ad Aware ?

Would Ad Aware check 4 browsers?

Just had an idea - I have dual boot so will try that.