Why is the Pismo faster on the internet than an ibook g4?

Still think the Mac OS or Applications forum would be a better place to put this thread, but I found it nonetheless.

It sounds like a DNS problem. Let's try to see if this fixes it before moving on.

1. open your system preferences
2. goto network panel
3. select your primary method of connecting to the internet (airport, Ethernet)
4. Click configure
5. Select TCP/IP tab
6. Enter "208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220" in DNS servers. (without quotes)
7. Click "Apply Now".

Browse for a little bit and see if you are still having a problem.

isn't that openDNS

tuartboy said:

6. Enter "208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220" in DNS servers. (without quotes)


Browse for a little bit and see if you are still having a problem.

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i personally don't like OpenDNS. it doesn't seem to work any faster for me, and when i type in a page without entering .com after it it goes to a page and asks me if this is what i want, and i have to click on it again. it doesn't intuitively default to .com

there was another quirk i found it had i didn't like (alas, alack, i can't remember what it was now)

i doubt if his newfound pismo already has OpenDNS on it. don't most people just do a fresh OS install and erase all before letting it go out the door?

orangemacapple said:

i personally don't like OpenDNS. it doesn't seem to work any faster for me, and when i type in a page without entering .com after it it goes to a page and asks me if this is what i want, and i have to click on it again. it doesn't intuitively default to .com

there was another quirk i found it had i didn't like (alas, alack, i can't remember what it was now)

i doubt if his newfound pismo already has OpenDNS on it. don't most people just do a fresh OS install and erase all before letting it go out the door?

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I doubt it has it too. That is why I am asking him to try it.

I agree with your first gripe and I have one to add. When developing locally, OpenDNS attempts to locate localhost on their search pages. 127.0.0.1 works, however.

I'm not totally in love with OpenDNS, but I know it is fast and it will allow us to see if kmarketing is having DNS problems or not.

tuartboy said:

I doubt it has it too. That is why I am asking him to try it.

I agree with your first gripe and I have one to add. When developing locally, OpenDNS attempts to locate localhost on their search pages. 127.0.0.1 works, however.

I'm not totally in love with OpenDNS, but I know it is fast and it will allow us to see if kmarketing is having DNS problems or not.

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you are correct. sorry i blurted in -- i just didn't want OP to think opendns was a panacea

kmarketing said:

Hi,

So you think that there is a problem with the ibook?

I had just loaded tiger on it also, and I definitely don't know much about what you are mentioning.

I'm not saying the ibook is slow, it's just that the pismo is even faster. But now I'm even more concerned about the ibook!

thanks!

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Umm, yeah. Try what I suggested on the iBook and post your results.

How much free space is there on the iBook's hard drive?

What operating system and browser is the pismo using? I think it may be a case of the pismo has a basic browser like IE 4.0 that is only loading the html and not the css. Not sure if its called css?
Also try this
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2004/05/speed_up_safari.html
I found that the speed up was very noticable when this was applied

Tiger LOVES running on a Pismo, that's for sure, especially with 1GB RAM.

My setup is Tiger plus 1GB RAM, 5400 rpm hard drive, but it's a G3 400. Still flies though, and is a joy to use.

Sadly, it's for sale--but I'm spreading the joy.

So... did you try my suggestions in post #2?

I'm still waiting to help you...