I have the same problem. Removed the ping (thanks). Write seems ok, though read is still slow with contents with a lot of html code (that might be normal).
Recharddw, is the DNS settings, the RSS etc. part of the control functions within the wp-app runtime? Installation Process? Config?
The only reference to RSS I found was in the import section, which I haven’t done anything to(Does it attempt to import automatically?). Nothing on DNS. Sorry, I’m new to this..