Download speed constantly decreses within 30 seconds

[kristapsb]

Hello,

I have problem with download speed - for example, I start downloading a file in Safari with 2.3 mb/s, after approximately 30 seconds speed starts to decrease - 2.1, 1.9, 1.7...till some kb/sec. And this problem is not only with Safari, the same is with Fugu. It's a hardware problem or software? Wireless router works great.

MacBook 4,1 , Snow Leopard with latest updates.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Doesn't sound like a hardware problem, although it could be a hardware problem with your router.

 

[kristapsb]

Router seems to be fine, because with Transmit or Firefox download speed is ok. With other laptop I can download files normally.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Router seems to be fine, because with Transmit or Firefox download speed is ok. With other laptop I can download files normally.

Hmm that is interesting. What version of Safari are you using? What's your OS? What's your machine?

 

[kristapsb]

Safari 5. With 4.X was the same problem. OS - Snow Leopard with latest updates. The same was with 10.5.X.

MacBook 4,1 - 2.4GHz, 2GB of RAM, GMA X3100.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

My guess is it's an issue with something both Safari and Fugu use. Does Fugu use webkit at all? If that's the case, try reinstalling Safari, although I doubt that will do anything since you said the problem existed in 4.x.x.

I'm not exactly a pro trouble shooter, so I've run out of ideas. The only thing I can suggest, and I hate suggesting it for things like this, but maybe repair disk permissions.

If you don't know how to repair permissions, open up terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) and enter "diskutil repairPermissions /"

or do it through Disk Utility.app.

 

[kristapsb]

Disk permissions is allready repaired. After few hours I will try to reinstall Safari.

Since i bought this MacBook in Latvia, I have 2 years warranty. I could try to give it for repairs, but..problem is not so usual.

 

[kristapsb]

Reinstalled Safari 5, just installed 10.6.4 update and still same sh*it...

 

[NJuul]

It sounds like your download actually times out.
I think the download speed in safari is calculated as total download / seconds spent, and if it suddenly stops downloading, you will see that drop in speed until it hits zero. Don't know about Fugu..
Does it always happen, or just with a specific file or a specific website?

 

[kristapsb]

It happens randomly. With todays updates - 10.6.4 and iTunes 9.2 was same bug.