Internet Issues

[stringzz]

I have a Mac Pro, 2nd generation. I recently switched from DSL to Cable Internet service for thespeed upgrade. But now, for some reason, my pages hang, are super slow and sometimes are not found. I have a windows laptop on the same router via ethernet and it doesn't experience the same issues. I did not have this problem when I had DSL. What could be the issue? I am perplexed.

 

[300D]

Welcome to cable. Concast?

 

[VirtualRain]

I have a Mac Pro, 2nd generation. I recently switched from DSL to Cable Internet service for thespeed upgrade. But now, for some reason, my pages hang, are super slow and sometimes are not found. I have a windows laptop on the same router via ethernet and it doesn't experience the same issues. I did not have this problem when I had DSL. What could be the issue? I am perplexed.

Make sure you disable IPv6 in your networking preferences pane for TCPIP. It causes a lot of slow downs for some Apple computers.

 

[pprior]

I had lots of problems until I changed my DNS server - for some reason the default DNS server would load pages 1/2 way and then safari would stall and sit there for awhile and then finish. I use openDNS now and it's much better. This is on time warner, FWIW.

[opendns is free and has several other benefits as well]

 

[doox00]

try doing a traceroute on one of the pages that is hanging and see if you are getting timeouts somewhere along the route.
for instance in a terminal window do traceroute google.com

 

[gugucom]

If you are using an AVM router it is a known issue with Safari. You need to set your cable DNS server IPs fixed in the router as already said by some other posters.

 

[stringzz]

Good info guys.

I have Cox Cable Internet Service.

I had IPv6 disabled already.

I am not sure if I have an AVM router. I have a Linksys WRT160N router. I don't see AVM anywhere, does AVM stand for Audio Video Management?

So do I change my internet connection in the router from automatic DHCP to static IP?

 

[gugucom]

..So do I change my internet connection in the router from automatic DHCP to static IP?

No, DHCP is supposed to remain. The DNS setting is something different. DNS is an external adress of a name server which translates all alphanumeric urls into numeric IP adresses. DHCP is the automatic address directory of your internal network.

You can find the address of your cable networks DNS server in the documentation of your provider. This IP address for DNS you can insert into the networking settings for Airport or Ethernet depending of what you use.

 

[stringzz]

I had lots of problems until I changed my DNS server - for some reason the default DNS server would load pages 1/2 way and then safari would stall and sit there for awhile and then finish. I use openDNS now and it's much better. This is on time warner, FWIW.

[opendns is free and has several other benefits as well]

I tried using openDNS, things seem to work a little better now. However, I still get issues from time to time, like when I go to Yahoo.com, instead it takes me to an OpenDNS search page with the following error:

"You tried to visit www.yahoo.com, which is not loading."

 

[VirtualRain]

I tried using openDNS, things seem to work a little better now. However, I still get issues from time to time, like when I go to Yahoo.com, instead it takes me to an OpenDNS search page with the following error:

"You tried to visit www.yahoo.com, which is not loading."

My GF's macbook continues to have trouble stalling on some pages... I'll check out OpenDNS... is there any trick to it or it's just a matter of plugging in their DNS server addresses into your network settings preferences?

 

[pprior]

My GF's macbook continues to have trouble stalling on some pages... I'll check out OpenDNS... is there any trick to it or it's just a matter of plugging in their DNS server addresses into your network settings preferences?

That's pretty much it. They have a walkthrough on their site.

Maybe everyone's still downloading MJ videos in your area??

 

[VirtualRain]

That's pretty much it. They have a walkthrough on their site.

Maybe everyone's still downloading MJ videos in your area??

You mean I might be killing her connection!