Macbook Issue

[Dren]

My friend currently is having a problem with her Mac.
Her internet, both on Safari, and Firefox is very slow. If she restarts her computer it would be fast, then it would slow right down after about a min or two. We tried going to Open DNS, and adding those settings into her network settings, but it didn't change anything. Next i tried to help her on Ichat, i realized when we are doing screen sharing, her internet on both Firefox and Safari are fast. I find it odd how i chat, msn to send files, are both fast, but when not connected to me its slow. We tried a Speed test, when connected to me and its 5MB/s. I tried turning on and off Apple talk, but no luck there either. She currently is using a Netgear router. When she goes to bootcamp on the mac its fast, and all the other computers in the house(one wired, and one wireless(toshiba)) are both fast.(we live on different parts of the city, but both using Shaw internet)We also tried another browser Opera, but still slow. The macbook is about 2 weeks old, and hardly has any new sofware installed on it.


Any ideas on how to get it to work?.

Thanks

[Grogador]

Please define "slow" more clearly. Like, it stalls for 30secs before connecting, or loads pages/images at dialup speeds, or file transfers go 2KB/sec... details man!

[Dren]

Originally posted by Grogador
Please define "slow" more clearly. Like, it stalls for 30secs before connecting, or loads pages/images at dialup speeds, or file transfers go 2KB/sec... details man!

it would be below dial up speeds, and would stall before connecting to websites...

[ZorroAMG]

durrrrr...are you sure she is using HER wireless network and not on some far away open network in another condo or whatever?

[Dren]

^^^^
ya totally sure...when i went on ichat...with her and did the screen sharing i checked that many times.....

[dragonone]

this might be a long shot, but have you tried repairing all the permissions?

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Dren
Any ideas on how to get it to work?

Switch to a Mac, the commercials told me that they NEVER have problems and are perfect.

Oh wait...

[Dren]

lol....could it be with a router?

[szw]

Originally posted by ZorroAMG
durrrrr...are you sure she is using HER wireless network and not on some far away open network in another condo or whatever?

This happened to me a few times...feels really stupid when you figure it out.

[j0nblayz]

its her wireless router, get her to reboot the wireless router, or just pull the power cord and plug it back in. Should be fixed after that. Have the same issue with my cheap d-link router..

[Dren]

Originally posted by j0nblayz
its her wireless router, get her to reboot the wireless router, or just pull the power cord and plug it back in. Should be fixed after that. Have the same issue with my cheap d-link router..


Tried that...works for a bit, then does it again every time?

any other ideas?

thx

[nich148_9]

Originally posted by dragonone
this might be a long shot, but have you tried repairing all the permissions?

He could also sprinkle some snake oil on his salad tomorrow. Might help too.

Fire up Network Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities/Network Utility.app. It should be on "Network Interface (en1)", which is the wireless card. If it's on anything else, it's trying to connect through that network interface. To fix that, open up System Preferences, click on "Network" and drag Wireless to the top of the left column.


Originally posted by sputnik


Switch to a Mac, the commercials told me that they NEVER have problems and are perfect.

Oh wait...

Advertising 101: hyperbole.

[dragonone]

wtf is this BS
read (http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=network+issue+repair+permissions&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8)

if your solution doesn't work, maybe you can shove that salad up ur ass

we're all here to help man, keep ur bullshit to urself

[Dren]

tried that..still no luck...with slow net..

[RickDaTuner]

she has a worm on her computer, I had this a while back as well, search slow safari, and download the fix

[RickDaTuner]

use this to scan the Mac

http://www.clamxav.com/

[berbatov]

Originally posted by sputnik
Switch to a Mac, the commercials told me that they NEVER have problems and are perfect.

Oh wait...
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: