I found something strange when I had Fiber To The Home (FTTH) installed recently. Some web pages were very slow to load even though I have 940/980Mbps speeds. Digging around in Google, I found two things that sometimes radically speed things up. One was to set my DNS server addresses to Google's fixed addresses for ONLY IP4 (IP6 does NOT seem to be supported by my ISP). Next, I found that clearing my DNS cache ipconfig /flushdns helped images to load quicker. The pages that load slowly at first, usually load almost instantly once they have been cached.
Is there a fundamental difference in how my ISP EPON/GPON headend treats a fiber connection vs the old DOCSIS headend? Is there a difference in how they cache an IP address? Would a cold load of Windows 11 DEV help? Doing some massive Google research now. This is heady stuff!
Is there a fundamental difference in how my ISP EPON/GPON headend treats a fiber connection vs the old DOCSIS headend? Is there a difference in how they cache an IP address? Would a cold load of Windows 11 DEV help? Doing some massive Google research now. This is heady stuff!
- Windows Build/Version
- Win 11 DEV latest version.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- home built
- CPU
- i7-12700K
- Motherboard
- ASUS Rog Strix Z690-F Gaming
- Memory
- 64GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS TUF RTX 4090 OC card
- Sound Card
- none Headphones ASUS 7.1 Surround
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Gigabyte M32U 32 inch 4k IPS 144Hz monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 3340 by 2160 144 Hz with HDR 10
- Hard Drives
- 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME, 3X Samsung 4TB 860 EVO
- PSU
- EVGA 850 Modular
- Case
- Corsair Graphite 780T
- Cooling
- Cooler Master Hyper air
- Keyboard
- Corsair K95 RGB
- Mouse
- Logitech G502 wired
- Internet Speed
- 990Mbps up/down Fiber to the home
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- MS Defender
