Windows 10: Cloudflare does speedup my DNS lookups but slows down loading my browser homepage...

Cloudflare does speedup my DNS lookups but slows down loading my browser homepage https://ecosia.org .and that every time it is reloaded : What causes this behavior and how do I circumvent it? should I put the IP in the HOSTS file ? ciao bart

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cloudflare

Hi Claudia,

Based on the error message that you mentioned, it seems that there's an issue with your Internet connection. For us to determine the appropriate advice to your concern, we would like to gather more details. As such, please provide the answers to the following
questions:

• What do you exactly mean by the title of your post "cloudflare"?
• On what specific program are you encountering the pop up message?
• Have you tried to use other browsers and check if you're experiencing the same issue?
• Are you connected to a domain or server?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

We'll keep an eye out for your response.

 

DNS problems with router

A couple suggestions I have for you:

Update the firmware on the router. Maybe it's getting into a badstate, and a firmware update might fix it. Or if you're comfortable with it, install a custom firmware like dd-wrt. Just make sure its supported on your router first.

Change your DNS to: 8.8.8.8, 4.2.2.1. Might help.

If none of these work, maybe statically set your DNS on your PS3/PC to the IPs you listed, taking the router out of the lookup procedure.

Last option, is look for a new router.

 

Windows 10, VPN and slow DNS lookups

I can't seem to figure this one out. I was using windows 7 and I had no issues with being VPN'ed into work and browsing websites. Since switching to Windows 10, it's another matter.

Windows 10 and no VPN, no issue. I can ping google.com and immediately get a response as well as the IP address.
Windows 10 and VPN, The initial ping takes a good 10 seconds before getting responses. Once I get the IP it's fast, but the initial DNS lookup is slow. I can ping addresses directly and there's no delay so it's definitely DNS related.

I've done this in PowerShell:

I believe it works in the sense that very little traffic goes through the VPN, but DNS requests are still slow.

I've also disabled IPv6 from the VPN connection.

If it were possible to set the DNS servers to be used by the vpn connection, I think my issue would be gone, but I can't set them. The properties button on IPv4 doesn't do anything... at least not for the VPN connection.

Any other suggestions to get this to work smoothly?