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Iestyn

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Jul 21, 2011
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Hello folks,

Just out of the blue, my internet connection somehow just went really, really slow. I have an iMac running OS X Snow Leopard, and I've tried everything I can think of to get it back to running normally, from deleting my System Configuration, to re-setting my router, updating the firmware on my router, to repair my Disk using the OS X cd, but nothing seems to get the connection back.

The interesting part about it, is that I have a Windows partition on my iMac, and through that, the connection is totally fine - no problems what so ever, but on my girlfriends MacBook, we're having the same, really slow connection.

We also have a Logitech Squeezebox to stream internet radio/iTunes, and that works a charm too - I seriously cannot figure out what the problem could be.

Is there anyone who can help me out? I'm a Freelance - working from home, so the internet connection is really essential for me.

Thank you
 
I've just tried to ping google to see what that came up with, and got this results - which look pretty good.


Ping has started…

PING www.google.com (173.194.69.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=337.994 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=83.710 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=204.703 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=342.440 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=65.740 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=50 time=279.458 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=50 time=330.585 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=50 time=192.030 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=50 time=498.008 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=50 time=619.597 ms

--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 65.740/295.427/619.597/163.750 ms



However, after 5 mins, I ping'ed it again, and I get these results:

Ping has started…

PING www.l.google.com (173.194.69.105): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=527.890 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=51.030 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=212.234 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=362.439 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=81.243 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
Request timeout for icmp_seq 7
Request timeout for icmp_seq 8
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=8 ttl=50 time=1240.258 ms
64 bytes from 173.194.69.105: icmp_seq=9 ttl=50 time=448.005 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 30.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 51.030/417.586/1240.258/374.658 ms

Can anyone help me out with this, I can't figure out what's happening after 5 mins?
Thanks
 
Last edited:
Hi folks, this is still on-going. If anyone has any advice on it I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks
 
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