Internet slow on your computer?
Some of the most frequent questions I get are all about computer or Internet speed. Seems lots of folks don't care much for waiting, and waiting - and waiting some more - for the video to load, the movie to download or the upload to send. I don't blame them.
Even now, sometimes the Internet can seem horribly slow. But before you commit to paying your Internet provider for a faster connection, let's see if I can help you speed up the connection you have right now.
Browsing the Web is as easy as opening your browser and typing in a Web address, like my site at komando.com. In seconds, you're learning all sorts of great information or watching fun videos.
Or, at least it should take only a few seconds.
Of course, sometimes it takes longer than we'd like to pull up a website. There are plenty of reasons for slowdowns. It could just be you aren't getting the Internet speed your provider promised. Click here to see if that's the case.
If that's not it, there's other technical wizardry going on behind the browsing scenes that could be the culprit. There's one thing in particular that can give your Internet a real speed boost with little effort.
I'm talking about your DNS, or Domain Name System. If you're a longtime fan, you've probably heard the term before. But for everyone else, here's a quick explanation.
Domain Name System
Every computer and mobile gadget has an IP address. This is what identifies it to other computers, and website servers are no different.
Google.com's IP address, for example, is "74.125.239.2". If that isn't hard enough to remember, newer IPv6 addresses look like this: "2001:db8::1234:ace:6006:1e". Who's going to remember that?