TTBoy@dancing-on-fridays.net wrote:
Igor Gutman wrote:
>> Blue Bird wrote:
>>>
>>> I installed the hosts file available at
>>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ and my dialup log on went from
>>> less than one minute to 3-4 minutes.
>>>
>>> When I took it back out things went back to normal.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to speed up a dial-up log on WITH the hosts file?
>>>
>>> FYI - I'm running W2K with a serial external modem and lots of RAM
>>> / Disk
>>
>> same here! only i'm on cable modem
>> but never the less, every time i tried to install this hosts file -
>> my system slowed down DRASTICLY! it became VERY VERY SLOW
>> why is it and can i fix that?..
>
> If you think about it, the OS must go through that list every time you
> browse the net. On top of that,most web pages are setup to handle
> referring pages, for advertisement purposes or cookies. This means
> going through the list in the HOSTS file until all referring web pages
> are delt with.
>
> Then some web pages are setup to get a response from the referring
> site. Since you just told it to go to 127.0.0.1, the expected
> response won't be there... and the page will wait for the response or
> timeout, before continuing.......
>
> It does add up.... that is the way it is...

eDexter solves that.
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/eDexter.html