Long time to load webpage, but short time if using VPN

hully · 2023-12-08 13:44:43

My connection is driving me crazy.

It takes a very long time to load a webpage.

But if I connect through a VPN (I use Private Internet Access), then it takes a short time.

So it must be a misconfiguration on my part, not a problem of the ISP.

How can I diagnose the problem?

nichts · 2023-12-08 14:41:04

So it must be a misconfiguration on my part, not a problem of the ISP.

Not necessarily.

How can I diagnose the problem?

Browsers come with a bunch of debugging options. First they show what they’re doing or what they are waiting for in the bottom line. If that’s not helpful enough, hit F12 and have a look at the options there.

seth · 2023-12-08 15:52:55

Bad DNS? IPv4 ./. IPv6?
Try to

dig google.com

on and off VPN

hully · 2023-12-16 09:42:13

Hello,

I'll try to explain my problem better.

With the VPN off, it doesn't happen always.

It happens sometimes.

So I need some tool that sort of monitor my connection to see what's happening.

I think it's useless I run commands when it works because that's not gonna diagnose what's happening when it doesn't work.

I'm away from home now. I'll try again next year when I come back.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2023-12-16 10:29:17

hully wrote:

I need some tool that sort of monitor my connection

Try tcpdump(1). Just don't ask me how to use it

seth · 2023-12-16 13:18:34

I think it's useless I run commands when it works because

… that would only illustrate the functional conditions what would then help to spot significant differences from the disfunctional condition

Post the output as well as also better "ip a; ip r" with the VPN enabled, the VPN disabled and things still working and the VPN disabled and the network malfunctioning.
Also post the output of

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

You don't know what's wrong, we're only incrementally learning how/when things are wrong - the more data we have on the problem, the more likely we're going to pin it down.

@HoaS, by using wireshark instead

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#1 2023-12-08 13:44:43

Long time to load webpage, but short time if using VPN

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