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doubledecaf

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Dec 27, 2009
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Ok so I've had my new iMac for a week now, all is great except the internet. Its connected wirelessly, but either goes really slow or websites just say loading. All the PC's in the house work fine.

Airport is connected - however even though it is connected is always searching for networks?

The Safari is slow and sometimes doesn't work at all. However always works upon a quick computer restart.

I wonder whether I've changed a setting by accident, or is wireless just not very good on macs?

Any advice would be great! Thanking you in advance!
 
doubledecaf said:
Ok so I've had my new iMac for a week now, all is great except the internet. Its connected wirelessly, but either goes really slow or websites just say loading. All the PC's in the house work fine.

Airport is connected - however even though it is connected is always searching for networks?

The Safari is slow and sometimes doesn't work at all. However always works upon a quick computer restart.

I wonder whether I've changed a setting by accident, or is wireless just not very good on macs?

Any advice would be great! Thanking you in advance!
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Maybe your router is not working properly with Macs.

You can share your settings (iMac and router), to see if they might be the source of the problem.

Also the iMac's wireless antenna is inside the Apple on the back of the iMac, so how far away is the router.


And PS, Internet Explorer has nothing to do with reception.
 
Are any of the other computers actively using the internet, downloading, streaming anything when you try to access it on the Mac? The AirPort menu will always rescan for available networks, there's nothing unusual in that process. Couple suggestions: 1) update your Mac OS and Safari, there's a chance you may be missing a component that will jump-start your web experience, 2) reset Safari via the Safari menu, make sure you empty the caches and cookies, 3) if you suspect you changed anything in the network settings for the computer that is causing this, you can create a new Network location via Network preferences, click where it says Automatic or whatnot and Edit Locations to create a new one and apply it. Something that step 3 will counteract is manually inputted DNS or proxy settings, which could artificially make the internet connection appear slower than it actually is.

*No one else has mentioned this but try power cycling the router/modem...
 
Or use Firefox. But most importantly, make sure that you have a good Internet connectivity. Press the 'option' key on your keyboard and while holding it click on the WiFi icon in the top menu bar to see what Transmit Rate you're getting.
 
doubledecaf said:
Airport is connected - however even though it is connected is always searching for networks?

The Safari is slow and sometimes doesn't work at all. However always works upon a quick computer restart.

I wonder whether I've changed a setting by accident, or is wireless just not very good on macs?

Any advice would be great! Thanking you in advance!
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No, wireless is good on Macs. The fact it works after restart suggests something not configured correctly. Tell us about yuor network setup and the preferences concerning netwoking.
 
tbh doesn't sound like a browser situation, try connecting to a rj-45 cable and see if you notice a difference, if it changes maybe some router config work is what you need.

btw shame on you IE is suckiest browser ever!!!!
 
Here is a little more information!

Thanks for everyones input - I cant believe how quick everyone is to help! I did an online speed test and everything is running above the 3 Mbps (think thats right).

I hope these screenshots help.
 

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doubledecaf said:
Airport is connected - however even though it is connected is always searching for networks?
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Your computer updates the network list when you open the AirPort menu. That's what you're seeing. It isn't searching constantly.

doubledecaf said:
The Safari is slow and sometimes doesn't work at all. However always works upon a quick computer restart.
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You can try Firefox or Chrome instead of Safari.
 
I think I see the problem. Is the BT Home Hub your router? if it is I've read nothing but problems with these on ThinkBroadband. They are buggy beyond belief.
 
I'm confused. How does Internet Explorer have anything to do with internet connectivity?

I would guess, at a glance, that your router is having problems interacting with your Mac. Some routers require drivers to function properly, but generally you can get by without them.

If you're looking for fast, I would highly recommend checking out Opera 10 and, once installed, turning on Turbo. It's not the forum favorite (I use Firefox myself), but should help if your connection feels a bit dodgy:)
 
doubledecaf said:
Ok so I've had my new iMac for a week now, all is great except the internet. Its connected wirelessly, but either goes really slow or websites just say loading. All the PC's in the house work fine.

Airport is connected - however even though it is connected is always searching for networks?

The Safari is slow and sometimes doesn't work at all. However always works upon a quick computer restart.

I wonder whether I've changed a setting by accident, or is wireless just not very good on macs?

Any advice would be great! Thanking you in advance!
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This is not a web browser problem -- it's a Snow Leopard issue. Apple broke the wireless networking with Airport cards (and non-Apple routers) in Snow Leopard and even after the latest updates has not been able - or unwilling - to fix it.

I "fixed" the problem by buying a HAMA USB Stick for EUR 18 and by no longer using the built-in Airport card of my Mac Pro. Since then the wireless network works again, stable and fast.

And here is the typical disclaimer for the typical comments: No, my Airport card is not broken - it works perfectly fine, reliable and fast in Linux and Windows. Read it from my lips: This. Is. A. Bug. In. Mac. OS. X.
 
Have you tried putting in static ip / dns settings? If you cable the mac do the websites load quicker?

Also i would strongly advise ( if the router supports it) to change your wireless security from WEP to WPA/WPA2.
 
Run a Cat5e/6 cable. Wired beats wireless on all computers. If this solves the problem it is either unhappiness between the Mac and your wireless router or as suggested above the Snow Leopard issue.

OBTW look at comparative benchmarks on the browsers. IE is slower than Safari.
 
doubledecaf said:
Ok so I've had my new iMac for a week now, all is great except the internet. Its connected wirelessly, but either goes really slow or websites just say loading. All the PC's in the house work fine.

Airport is connected - however even though it is connected is always searching for networks?

The Safari is slow and sometimes doesn't work at all. However always works upon a quick computer restart.

I wonder whether I've changed a setting by accident, or is wireless just not very good on macs?

Any advice would be great! Thanking you in advance!
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I had slow webpage loading for the first month. I DON'T use it wirelessly, but the following fixed my speed problem.

So I went to system preferences -> network -> ethernet -> advanced -> ethernet .. and changed the "automatic" setting to the following:

Configure: Manually
Speed: 100baseTx
Duplex: full duplex
MTU: Standard (1500)

This worked for me, and the wireless and direct-to-modem internet is screaming.
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Changing Configure from Automatically to MANUALLY and the Duplex to FULL DUPLEX did the trick for me. Hope this is of use.
 
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