I have mini with a wireless g card and a my MB with it's wireless n card on my network at home. My router is a fairly old Netgear wireless g router. My MB is extremely slow at times on my home network. I've never heard of backwards compatibility issues with wireless n cards, but I'm at a loss to explain this. It sometimes takes close to a minute to completely load a page on my MB. Any ideas?
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New MacBook extremely slow on Netgear g router
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hmm.....might be a DNS issue, dont know. try to set your DNS on the mb to those ones from dydns.org and see if it improves anything.
Try resetting both your modem and your router. Unplug both AC adapters from the wall and the modem and the router from the adapters. Wait at least 30 seconds and plug everything back in.
No luck with this.
I'm not familiar with DNS issues. I'll look into that. Any other ideas? This is really frustrating.
I have netgear too and it sucks randomly. For instance, now it is working very well, but late at night it will start to crawl along.
I've had a Netcomm (Australian company) wireless router for about a year now and I haven't had any problems whatsoever. I had a Netgear before this one and it was the worst router I've ever used.
Any thoughts on possible software issues I might be having after restoring my Mini drive to my MB from a Time Machine backup? In other words, maybe the issue is software related. I've tried resetting Safari, with the exception of saved passwords. I've also deleted Saft. No luck so far. Any other ideas?
Not sure what you mean. You restored your mini to your MB? As in your MB now has all the files/prefs/apps from your Mini?
I had a Netgear router for a while. It never liked my Macs and vice/versa. Do yourself a favor, get an Airport ASAP. I did and have never looked back. IF time is money, you are wasting both by not getting an Airport.
I used Migration Assistant to transfer the contents of Mini's drive from the Time Machine backup, so it is an exact clone. I was asking if that could have caused a software related slowdown on the MB. However, now that I think about it, it's not just Safari but also iTunes Store and Dashboard that are miserably slow.
My next purchase will be either Time Capsule or and AEBS. I have an Airport Express g that I might try temporarily as a router to see if it solves the issue.
i think i am in the same problem as well!! i will try changing it from 6 to 12 soon to see if it works for me.. thanks for the tip!!
You could try going in to Sys pref>networks>airport>advanced. Remove all preferred networks. Then go back to the airport main screen. Turn off your airport and then reboot. While rebooting, reset your modem and router again. Make sure you unplug the power bricks from the wall outlet and the router and modem from the power cord. Leave for at least 30 seconds. Now plug everything back in. When OS X comes back up, go back to the airport properties and turn the airport back on. Also, add your network back to the preferred networks list in the advanced options menu.
If that doesn't help. Repeat all the steps, except when you have your modem and router unplugged, completly reset both by holding down the reset button on the backs of each unit, for at least 30 seconds. Then continue on. You will need to setup your router again by loging in to it at 192.168.1.1 and configuring your security settings. Netgear admin signin is usually, name: admin, password: password.
If that doesn't work you can try upgrading the firmware on your router.
If that doesn't help. Repeat all the steps, except when you have your modem and router unplugged, completly reset both by holding down the reset button on the backs of each unit, for at least 30 seconds. Then continue on. You will need to setup your router again by loging in to it at 192.168.1.1 and configuring your security settings. Netgear admin signin is usually, name: admin, password: password.
If that doesn't work you can try upgrading the firmware on your router.
IT'S THE DNS CAUSING YOUR ISSUE -- i had the same
go to sys prefs/network/advanced... and remove the DNS entry provided by your ISP (seems silly i know but it worked for me).... maybe it's a rogue DNS entry or something.
I tried everything else like changing channels etc.... but it's really just a dns issue.
enjoy ;-)))
go to sys prefs/network/advanced... and remove the DNS entry provided by your ISP (seems silly i know but it worked for me).... maybe it's a rogue DNS entry or something.
I tried everything else like changing channels etc.... but it's really just a dns issue.
enjoy ;-)))