[TriLUG] really slow web. help!

[Magnus]

Tim Jowers wrote:
> I recall Jason saying the web problems are usually DNS. Can someone tell me
> what to check?

[magnus at tuna ~]$ time host google.com
google.com has address 72.14.207.99
google.com has address 64.233.167.99
google.com has address 64.233.187.99

real    0m0.068s
user    0m0.006s
sys     0m0.006s
[magnus at tuna ~]$ time host slashdot.org
slashdot.org has address 66.35.250.150

real    0m0.049s
user    0m0.006s
sys     0m0.006s
[magnus at tuna ~]$ time host trilug.org
trilug.org has address 64.244.27.142

real    0m0.280s
user    0m0.009s
sys     0m0.003s
[magnus at tuna ~]$

Do your times vary much from that?