Mac OS X DNS lookup seems to be messed up - but only at work
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Mar 15, 20266359 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
Mac OS X DNS lookups take forever from Safari and other applications that use mDNSResponder. The same lookups work fine if I use nslookup from the command line, and they also work fine from my iPhone and iPad on the same wireless network. And that's only on the network at work; when I'm at home, or…
Error Output
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.pli…
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Fix for: Mac OS X DNS lookup seems to be messed up - but only at work
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The reason for DNS being slow at the office but not at home, might be that the office router uses IPv6 but your home router uses IPv4, and that Lion is better on using IPv6 than Snow Leopard. The websites that are not affected by that slowdown are t…
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