[P1] Strange browser behaviour and Airport

[Mike Beede]

On Tuesday, Jul 22, 2003, at 01:03 US/Central, Marc van Gemert wrote:

> Specs: iBook 466 SE Graphite | 96MB RAM | OS 9.2.2 | Airport | IceCube
> FW/USB2 enclosure w/6GB HD
>
> Well I finally have my Airport network up and running! w00t! I bought 
> an
> E-Tech ADSL-modem/router/WAP/4-port-switch combo and this set connects
> beautifully well to my iBook via Airport. Even the 128bit encryption is
> working. But there's a catch. All of a sudden opening any browser
> (Netscape, iCab, IE) takes about 30 to 45 secs before it continues to
> start, it just freezes for a while at the startup screen. This didn't
> happen the first day I got it up and running.

Another possible explanation is that some of the "always on" connections
aren't really always on--they establish a connection on demand.  I had
a cable modem from Crumbcast that would act like this in the morning.
When I'd been using it recently (e.g., within the hour) response was
actually instantaneous.

You can see if any packets are actually getting back to you by watching
with tcpdump when you open the browser.  I hesitate to try explaining
how to do that on the list, but if you want to know, I can do so in
email.  However, my mail is very spotty for the next couple of weeks.
Apparently free wireless access is a new and dangerous idea in
Albuquerque.  Back in Minnesota there are a large number of places
to leach off of, including my usual coffee shop, but here there's just
one place I've found and it's not in my usual orbit....

Regards,

     Mike