Chrome’s “Resolving Host” Problem Solved
by Tony Hung on September 17, 2008
Well, solved for me anyway. Sometime a few hours after it was released, Firefox stopped becoming my regular browser, and Chrome *did*. I know — I was kind of amazed myself, in spite of all the plugins I’ve been missing. At any rate, one thing I’ve begun noticing has been getting worse: its seeming inability to “resolve the host”.
This would lead to the browser essentially “hanging” and then timing out while it was waiting to fetch web pages. For a browser that I’ve been relying on mostly … well, to browse … this was becoming problematic.
Turns out there are a few easy solutions for this that you can try:
1. delete your cache
2. delete your browsing history
3. delete your download history
4. disable “DNS pre-fetching”
Personally, I skipped right down to #4, and once DNS pre-fetching *was* disabled, Chrome was as zippy as ever. As always use the above tips at your own risk if you feel like trying them out.
via: Google Groups
30 comments
Been having the same problem with Chrome lately so I also tried the same trick and it worked! Thanks :D
by jhay on September 22, 2008 at 10:20 am. #
Same for me as jhay: tried it, seemed to work right away. Thanks!
by EdB on January 15, 2009 at 5:15 pm. #
I found the solution to be a little more complicated.
Step 1:
In Chrome, click the wrench icon, select “Options” then “Under the hood”. Hit the button at the bottom that says “Reset to defaults”.
Step 2:
On the same screen, make sure “Use DNS pre-fetching” is un-checked.
Step 3:
On the same screen, scroll down and press the button that says “Change proxy settings”.
Step 4:
This assumes you are on broadband (with a pen and paper, write down your current settings so you can back them up if things go wrong). Click on “Lan Settings”. Make sure “Automatically Detect Settings” is un-checked. Click “Ok”.
Step 5:
Go to the Window XP/Vista Control Panel (Start, Settings, Control Panel). Load up the “Network Connections”.
Step 6:
You will now see a list of the network cards and bridges on your computer. Only one of these is used by your computer to connect to the internet. For example, if you are using wireless internet you will only be using the wireless connection. Right click on each other connection and select “disable”. You should only have one enabled connection.
Step 7:
Restart your machine. Turn it off and on again. This is a very important step.
Step 8:
Google Chrome will now be working fully. If not, then clear your history and cache and restart the browser.
This worked for me. It took me about 2 or 3 minutes in all, and made Chrome perfectly fast. No more “resolving host”.
by StevenMc on February 1, 2009 at 1:37 pm. #
The 9/17/2008 post suggested works for me (deleting history, set to default, uncheck DNS pre-fetching), then log out of Chrome and back in…but I have to do this 5-10 times per day.
This isn’t a solution, something is wrong.
by ekaplan on April 16, 2009 at 7:59 am. #
Update for anyone: I was using the BETA version of Google Chrome. I uninstalled it and went back to the Released version and the need to apply the 9/17/2008 solution 5-10 tiems per day seems to have gone away.
by ekaplan on April 17, 2009 at 10:00 am. #
Thanks for the update ekaplan … I recently installed Chrome again on a new PC, and had the same problem until I remembered this old post.
I still had to disable DNS fetching, however, as I had ongoing “host resolving issues”, but once I did it was lickety split ;)
cheers
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2009 at 6:51 am. #
Me too. Amazingly I think it did very well help. I have searched for two days trying to figure this out. Thanks so much for the tips. Wink! Wink!
by Anonymous on May 19, 2009 at 11:13 pm. #
Well done! This worked for me!
Thanks!
by Steven on May 23, 2009 at 5:59 pm. #
this resolving host thing just started happening to me today after i downloaded something. so i think it was caused by a virus in my case, slowed everything down, and i found the virus with adaware straight away too (at least i hope i got it).
i tried the steps above and they seem to have worked, will have to see.. but i think i still have some other problems because of the virus.
by john on May 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm. #
It works for some time, but in 10-15 min I have the same problem… It’s not the final solution…
by tunder on June 5, 2009 at 2:06 am. #
It works for some time, but in 10-15 min I have the same problem… It’s not the final solution…
By the way. In my case I have this problem only if I have wireless internet. On the cable it works fine…
Could it be some kind of problem with my router?
by tunder on June 5, 2009 at 2:09 am. #
It worked perfectly for me. Kudos !!
Thank ew ~
by Ashish on June 5, 2009 at 6:04 am. #
“Resolving Host” problem came back again to me today, and the steps above didn’t resolve it–but then completely uninstalling Google Chrome (but saving your preferences) and reinstalling it did resolve it–at least until it reappears again.
by ekaplan on June 7, 2009 at 10:26 am. #
Thank you! I want to like this browser but the resolving host dealio was driving me nuts.
The DNS tweak was the solution.
by Ryan on June 18, 2009 at 1:00 am. #
The DNS tweek works great for me :)
by mikeeotis on July 10, 2009 at 1:28 pm. #
#4 did it – you nailed it – thanks
by Yannis on November 29, 2009 at 5:55 pm. #
Awesome! Was driving me crazy
by nan d on November 30, 2009 at 1:27 pm. #
I was having the problem and couldn’t get any of these solutions to work. I then tried reinstalling Zone alarm and that seemed to resolve it.
by Kyle on December 4, 2009 at 8:11 pm. #
yeah! its working….
by manoj on December 26, 2009 at 11:21 pm. #
Having the same issue with “resolving host” and taking FOREVER to load a simple page.
I have tried all of the above, including removing and reinstalling – virus check is clean.
I can not for the LIFE of me figure this one out.
Small office, just 3 computers, with a DSL modem (Motorola) and a router (wireless).
I keep thinking the problem must be with the modem and router, but the problem started months after these were installed.
I’m also wondering if there is a conflict somewhere with Chrome, Safari (and it’s Bonjour), Firefox and IE. I only use Firefox and Chrome right now…. but maybe it has something to do with the others??
Any help would be appreciated !
I LOVE chrome, but can’t use it until this is resolved.
by RAGordonDFW on April 22, 2010 at 11:56 am. #
This problem is a constant issue with Chrome on 64-bit Linux. I have noticed that other browsers based on webkit are also slower to resolve hosts than gecko-based browsers and presto-based browsers (that is, Midori and Epiphany are slower to resolve hosts than Firefox, Flock, and Opera). But none have it as bad as Chrome. I have also observed this on Windows, where Chrome is ultra slow, Safari (also based on webkit) is merely slow, and everyone else is average.
Once the resolving part is done, Chrome is amazingly fast to load. But that is playing catch-up, and sometimes the competitors are already finished before the catching up starts.
The only solution that works permanently: uninstall Chrome and use something else.
I like Chrome (not enough to displace Firefox or Flock), but this is not acceptable.
by W^L+ on May 11, 2010 at 1:54 am. #
I wonder if one of the problems is where you have previously used firefox as a browser. Uninstalling firefox on my Windows XP machine didnt seem to make a difference by itself, even when I also took out relevant program files and application data manually afterwards. However when I used regedit to completely remove all registry keys with reference to Mozilla or Firefox, there were about a dozen or so entries to remove. My registry cleaner no longer finds Mozilla Firefox so i believe it is completely removed. Now as a consequence PC seems faster with google Chrome and the resolving host message appears only momentarily now.
Start – Run – Rededit – edit tab – find – Mozilla – Delete – find next – delete until finished
NB
If you are not confident amending the registry check with someone who is
Curtis
by curtis on May 20, 2010 at 2:43 am. #
I am having the same problem with “resolving host” intermittently. Chrome also displays images darker than other browsers, whether they are ICC tagged or not, at least for me (Mac Leopard, Safari, FF, Chrome).
by dana88 on May 29, 2010 at 2:12 pm. #
i’m still suffering from that problem , what should i do?
by Harshad on July 16, 2010 at 1:09 am. #
Permanent Solution Discovered (So far)
Switch to either Google Public DNS or OpenDNS. There are instructions provided on how to switch to these services instead of using your Internet Service Provider’s DNS servers.
by ekaplan on August 12, 2010 at 9:57 am. #
Been having this problem for months, and it was only getting worse with time.
Google DNS fixed my problem once and for all
Internet is running blazing fast now
by Anonymous on August 13, 2010 at 2:57 am. #
Been having this problem for months, and it was only getting worse with time.
Google DNS fixed my problem once and for all
Internet is running blazing fast now
by Robert on August 13, 2010 at 2:57 am. #
thanks dns cache off worked
by anon on August 21, 2010 at 9:50 pm. #
OMFG!!!!!!!! Thanks you so much I’ve been dealing with this for MONTHS!!! Bit never could articulate the problem specific enough to find a solution thank you so much!
by Spencer Thorne on September 4, 2010 at 1:34 am. #
I had this issue, tried all these solutions and found they worked for a short time but kept coming back. then I read somewhere else DELETE FIREFOX, so I did and hey-presto…cured…that dam simple!
by colin on October 4, 2010 at 9:05 am. #