The hardware:
Macbook Pro 4,1 running 10.6.2
Airport Extreme (not the newer fancy one that can do dual wireless networks)
The issue:
Seemingly randomly, the connection speed to the internet on my Macbook has plummeted to a max of about 12-15 KB/s (as measured by iStat Menus) regardless of whether I connect to it wirelessly (running a 5GHz, N-only network) or via an ethernet port (internal LAN connections get full speed). I have an iMac and my fiancee has a Dell running Windows 7 that still connect normally via the Airport Extreme. I also have a Verizon Actiontec router that serves up a 802.11G network for the Wii and the iPhones that I can connect my Macbook to and it will work perfectly normally. The problem only exists in the pairing between the MBP and the Airport Extreme.
Troubleshooting steps so far (all have resulted in no changes):
0. Deleted network from "favorite" networks and stored login information from the keychain.
1. Deleted location, created new location.
2. Deleted "Airport" in the network prefs, recreated it with a different name.
3. Changed SSID and password in the base station and rejoined the "new" network on the MPB.
4. Reset the Airport to its factory defaults, named it a new name, created a new wireless network (still different SSID and password).
I'm really at my wit's end here and am at the stage where I'm contemplating doing a fresh install of Snow Leopard (I upgraded over my 10.5 install if that means anything). I'm really hoping to not have to do that, as it seems such a "windows" thing to do, and I've moved to a Mac precisely to get away from this kind of BS. Anything that I can try?
Thanks in advance for any advise or suggestions.
Edit to add: I didn't make any changes to network configurations or apply any updates when the problem started. I had been away from the house for a week (with my MBP, at a remote location where I was not connected to a network). The connection worked fine when I got home for a few hours, and then stumbled to a halt. Not sure if that means anything or not, but it was really random that it just cropped up all of a sudden.
Addition #2: The problem is software agnostic as well - I see it using Safari or Firefox, and the ridiculously slow speeds that iStat Menus is reporting are backed up by "seat of the pants" feeling and test results from speedtest.net (tests are seconds apart, with nothing changing but the wireless network I'm connected to).
Connected through the Airport:
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Connected through the Actiontec:
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Macbook Pro 4,1 running 10.6.2
Airport Extreme (not the newer fancy one that can do dual wireless networks)
The issue:
Seemingly randomly, the connection speed to the internet on my Macbook has plummeted to a max of about 12-15 KB/s (as measured by iStat Menus) regardless of whether I connect to it wirelessly (running a 5GHz, N-only network) or via an ethernet port (internal LAN connections get full speed). I have an iMac and my fiancee has a Dell running Windows 7 that still connect normally via the Airport Extreme. I also have a Verizon Actiontec router that serves up a 802.11G network for the Wii and the iPhones that I can connect my Macbook to and it will work perfectly normally. The problem only exists in the pairing between the MBP and the Airport Extreme.
Troubleshooting steps so far (all have resulted in no changes):
0. Deleted network from "favorite" networks and stored login information from the keychain.
1. Deleted location, created new location.
2. Deleted "Airport" in the network prefs, recreated it with a different name.
3. Changed SSID and password in the base station and rejoined the "new" network on the MPB.
4. Reset the Airport to its factory defaults, named it a new name, created a new wireless network (still different SSID and password).
I'm really at my wit's end here and am at the stage where I'm contemplating doing a fresh install of Snow Leopard (I upgraded over my 10.5 install if that means anything). I'm really hoping to not have to do that, as it seems such a "windows" thing to do, and I've moved to a Mac precisely to get away from this kind of BS. Anything that I can try?
Thanks in advance for any advise or suggestions.
Edit to add: I didn't make any changes to network configurations or apply any updates when the problem started. I had been away from the house for a week (with my MBP, at a remote location where I was not connected to a network). The connection worked fine when I got home for a few hours, and then stumbled to a halt. Not sure if that means anything or not, but it was really random that it just cropped up all of a sudden.
Addition #2: The problem is software agnostic as well - I see it using Safari or Firefox, and the ridiculously slow speeds that iStat Menus is reporting are backed up by "seat of the pants" feeling and test results from speedtest.net (tests are seconds apart, with nothing changing but the wireless network I'm connected to).
Connected through the Airport:
Connected through the Actiontec:
