11-02-2026 01:08 PM
A few weeks ago this problem did not exist.
M4 Macbook Air, Tahoe, fully updated. No VPN used. Wifi.
Firefox Developer Edition (some extensions) opens 4 tabs at start, Edge (zero extensions) opens 3.
The browsers would open and the tabs would be there without delay.
Now though, there is a several second delay.
The tabs will show the title of the site, but then the spinner appears while they connect.
Connecting subsequently to sites is also slow - by which I mean there is a delay of a few seconds and then the site loads instantly.
What I have done:
- changed the default DNS to Cloudflare
- reset the router
- ran maintenance (Onyx) and rebooted
Nothing has helped
The laptop has not really moved and the router is in the same room, line of sight.
Traceroutes: The asterisk pattern is the same for every site.
mark@M4-Air ~ % traceroute bbc.co.uk
traceroute: Warning: bbc.co.uk has multiple addresses; using 151.101.64.81
traceroute to bbc.co.uk (151.101.64.81), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 19.875 ms 3.990 ms 4.010 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * 62.172.102.136 (62.172.102.136) 19.581 msmark@M4-Air ~ % traceroute cloudflare.com
traceroute: Warning: cloudflare.com has multiple addresses; using 104.16.132.229
traceroute to cloudflare.com (104.16.132.229), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 16.398 ms 4.525 ms 3.513 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * 62.172.102.140 (62.172.102.140) 11.511 ms The traceroutes might be. normal for this hub - Smart Hub 6+
This is not critical at all, but given it did not happen and now does is annoying.
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11-02-2026 04:13 PM
Can't speak for the problem but the asterisks are completely normal. There are routers in the core network that don't respond to pings.
11-02-2026 04:13 PM
Can't speak for the problem but the asterisks are completely normal. There are routers in the core network that don't respond to pings.
12-02-2026 11:12 AM
Thanks, I'll keep trying.