C# WebClient acting slow the first time

Question

I am using a WebClient to download a string from a website (which just contains plain text, nothing else), so I use the DownloadString method:

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Answer 1

Setting the Proxy property of your WebClient object to null should eliminate the delays you're seeing. Alternatively if you've configured your system to use a proxy it can be retrieved with WebRequest.GetSystemWebProxy. The second method should eliminate the delay in either case.