# IPFS Daemon slows regular browsing to a crawl

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-daemon-slows-regular-browsing-to-a-crawl/13064>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 31, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-daemon-slows-regular-browsing-to-a-crawl/13064 "2021-12-31T22:26:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![hector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ipfs.tech/hector/32/178_2.png) [@hector](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/hector)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ipfs-daemon-slows-regular-browsing-to-a-crawl/13064/18 "2022-01-13T13:58:50Z")

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> [@Erotemic](#):
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> Also, are you implying people run IPFS on the router itself?

No, I mean that the slowness happens because of the router, not because of anything happening on the machine itself. For example, if the router cannot handle a bunch of UDP connections related to IPFS, things like DNS might stop working because it also uses udp and then pages hang.

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