[SOLVED] Why does every browser I use takes a 5-10seconds to resolve the host?

Rayquaza

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Hello guys, since a month ago my PC takes annoyingly long time to load webpages despite decent internet connection. It is around 10-15 seconds, sometimes even more than 20 seconds (which was instant earlier).
My WiFi connection is 20 MbPS (I know not that fast), but I'm able to stream 4k videos on YouTube without a hassle, but I have to wait a lot to load a webpage. This never happened before.

Things I have done so far:
Getting rid of malware (with both malware-bytes and BitDefender) --- no luck
Reseting Chrome --- no luck (this problem occurs with FireFox and Edge also)
Running ipconfig renew and flush commands on powershell --- no luck
Using google DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) --- no luck

I use the same WiFi connection on my Phone,iPad and my Laptop, but they don't have any problems in loading the webpages. Only my PC does, and my WiFi router is placed on top of my PC which should give it the best signal. In case you are wondering my PC might be slow, It's a gaming rig (i5-6600k, RTX 2070super, 16x2ram).
Please do help me!
Thanks
 
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It must be something other than a DNS issue. Make sure the DNS is set in your PC nic the default is to use the router as a cache.

I would try to disabled IPv6 in the nic settings. IPv6 many times has slower response than ipv4. They have said ipv6 is the future for 20 years but the ISP don't always give it good response times.
Make sure there are no proxy enabled.
This is very strange it affects mulitple browsers.
You can see if it is actually a dns issue by using the NSLOOKUP command.

You should be able to see the actual delays if any. Be sure you set the DNS in the pc nic settings. The default for many routers is to use the router as a proxy which can cause issues.

You can also change the DNS on the nslookup command itself by adding it to the end. You could try 4.2.2.2 and 1.1.1.1

If it is only the browsers doing it and the nslookup command itself is fine I would suspect something like a proxy setting causing the problem.
 
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You can see if it is actually a dns issue by using the NSLOOKUP command.

You should be able to see the actual delays if any. Be sure you set the DNS in the pc nic settings. The default for many routers is to use the router as a proxy which can cause issues.

You can also change the DNS on the nslookup command itself by adding it to the end. You could try 4.2.2.2 and 1.1.1.1

If it is only the browsers doing it and the nslookup command itself is fine I would suspect something like a proxy setting causing the problem.

Thanks for the reply! I dont have much idea of this command, so I looked up into google for it ad tried a few things. I did not face any delay after I entered a domain name followed by the command, things appeared instantaneously. I'm not sure if I have done things right but here is a screen shot of my powershell window: View: https://imgur.com/a/2qR9uOI
 
It must be something other than a DNS issue. Make sure the DNS is set in your PC nic the default is to use the router as a cache.

I would try to disabled IPv6 in the nic settings. IPv6 many times has slower response than ipv4. They have said ipv6 is the future for 20 years but the ISP don't always give it good response times.
Make sure there are no proxy enabled.
This is very strange it affects mulitple browsers.
 
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