I'm trying to find a solution to a "problem" which occurs when opening webpages.
When I'm opening to open any website (no matter which browser), for example www.stackexchange.com, it takes always 5 seconds until the page load begins (not until it is loaded). No matter which site I'm opening, it takes always pretty much 5 seconds, sometimes a little more, until anything happens. I'm not sure if it's the DNS lookup or what else it could be. I'm really no expert on this topic.
I'm on a mac with Mavericks installed and have a 32.000 mbit connection, which has no problems reaching it's full speed. It's just always taking a felt lifetime until anything happens.
I've tried to change the DNS addresses in the OSX's internet settings to Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. The only difference I notice is that the page load after the five seconds seems faster. But as far as I know this can't have anything to do with a DNS server, right?
What else can I do or check to make these 5 seconds disappear? Thank you very much!
Update As someone pointed me to the /etc/resolv.conf file, this it's the content (apart from some commented out lines):
domain hitronhub.home
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
Is it ok? What is hitronhub.home
?
Update
Here is the result of scutil --dns
DNS configuration
resolver #1
search domain[0] : hitronhub.home
nameserver[0] : 8.8.8.8
nameserver[1] : 8.8.4.4
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
reach : Reachable
resolver #2
domain : local
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
order : 300000
resolver #3
domain : 254.169.in-addr.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
order : 300200
resolver #4
domain : 8.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
order : 300400
resolver #5
domain : 9.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
order : 300600
resolver #6
domain : a.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
order : 300800
resolver #7
domain : b.e.f.ip6.arpa
options : mdns
timeout : 5
flags : Request A records, Request AAAA records
order : 301000
DNS configuration (for scoped queries)
resolver #1
search domain[0] : hitronhub.home
nameserver[0] : 8.8.8.8
nameserver[1] : 8.8.4.4
if_index : 5 (en1)
flags : Scoped, Request A records, Request AAAA records
reach : Reachable
scutil --dns
from a terminal to very the settings for resolver #1. Past that, install Wireshark and sniff the traffic to see what's going over the wire.scutil --dns
as an update in the original question as I'm not sure what it says. I'll try Wireshark. Thanks so far!