[CentOS] Internet problem

kmadananteshwar.vbhat at gmail.com wrote:
> I am facing the following problems with internet on my acer aspire 2920 laptop running centos 5.2 ; whenever I launch mozilla firefox 3 beta 5 it takes at least one and a half hours just to load the homepage http://www.google.com/ig  which in my windows partition takes just under 1 second and also my internet connection is a speedy 256 kbps / up to 2 mbps on BSNL in india ....
> Does any one have any suggestions and / or solutions ?
Personally I think this will end up being a DNS problem.
Check /etc/resolv.conf and set your DNS settings here.