The first visit to any site takes forever to load

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I suspect I might have a DNS problem.

Whenever I try to access any website at all, it will take dozens of seconds to load in the first time. Any subsequent access will load just fine.

If I try to ping a non-visited web address, it will hang for a few seconds before displaying the normal output.

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How can I troubleshoot my DNS issues?

That Brazilian Guy

Posted 2014-12-09T16:16:17.780

Reputation: 5 880

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Have you tried using other DNS servers? You can get a list of free and public DNS servers here

– pooter03 – 2014-12-09T16:20:22.800

Do you have a non-working IPv6 address assigned to your box, and a DNS server that's returning AAAA records? If so, your OS might be trying to access the IPv6 address of the site. Of course, this whole theory falls flat if you are trying to access sites which have no AAAA record and still see this delay... – allquixotic – 2014-12-09T16:28:46.467

I had tried other DNS servers, but turns out my organization blocks the Google DNS servers. I tried different DNS servers and it is blazing fast now. – That Brazilian Guy – 2014-12-10T14:24:35.297

Answers

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Changing DNS servers solved the issue.

A great way to benchmark DNS server performances is using the DNS Benchmark by Steve Gibson, it tests the performance of your current DNS servers and a up-to-date list of publicly available servers as well.

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That Brazilian Guy

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