Time Capsule - POST YOUR PERFORMANCE

[ljones]

in iStat i have seen 6mb and 3mb pop up every so often, generally 2mb, and lows in the 400kb range every so often, but that may be based on certain websites. I'm on a 802.11n/g/b compatible setting. I have mine set to automatic, and i tested at various channels, automatic seems to work fine. it tends to jump to Channel 9 every time.

My Mac Pro is about... 20 feet from the Time Capsule. And i have about 8 networks in my area that pop up, all below 50% signal strength, and all were either channel 1 or 6 according to iStumbler.

 

[gpasq]

Just backed up 101G over wired in about 3.5 hours. That works out to about 8.2 MB/sec (right?).

When I had Norton Antivirus running, backups were literally impossible. 60M after hours and then it would hang.

If you have Norton Virus, kill it.

 

[RockTheGlobe]

Tried cycling through the channels, tried flushing the DNS... no joy. Still experiencing a several-second lag time when I punch up a website. Once the site is found, it'll load quickly, but there's definitely a delay when I first put in a new URL or click on a link that boots me to a new website.

 

[RockTheGlobe]

Tried cycling through the channels, tried flushing the DNS... no joy. Still experiencing a several-second lag time when I punch up a website. Once the site is found, it'll load quickly, but there's definitely a delay when I first put in a new URL or click on a link that boots me to a new website.

I updated the firmware yesterday to 7.3.1 when the pop-up told me there was new firmware available... seems to have helped my issue a fair amount -- not totally fixed, but for many websites, they'll come up much more quickly than the 5-6 second hangtime I was experiencing before.

 

[stubeeef]

using an iMac 2ghz core2, getting around 1.8MB transfer rate. That is with Mail/Safari and all other apps that might use wireless modes shutdown. I used the info from Activity Monitor in network screen.

Sucks

 

[xraydoc]

10-13MB/sec file transfer and Time Machine speeds over 802.11n.
Just did a SpeakEasy broadband speed test showing 31Mbit/sec (31,213Kbps) down and 1.6Mb up, though it is almost 3AM and Comcast's SpeedBoost or whatever they call it does favor the short burst download at higher speeds versus longer sustained speeds. But still, when I can download an iTunes song in less than 2 seconds, I wont complain.

 

[grimslade]

On 5GHz, i can get good speeds, but the range in my apartment is awful, or else there is some sort of interference thing going on. I can't hold a connection outside of the room that the TC is in. On 2.4GHz, I'm getting peak rates (per iStat) of 1.5 MB/s, up and down.

 

[JAT]

Tried cycling through the channels, tried flushing the DNS... no joy. Still experiencing a several-second lag time when I punch up a website. Once the site is found, it'll load quickly, but there's definitely a delay when I first put in a new URL or click on a link that boots me to a new website.

What does "flushing the DNS" mean? Try new DNS servers. Search the net for what's hot right now.

 

[RockTheGlobe]

What does "flushing the DNS" mean? Try new DNS servers. Search the net for what's hot right now.

Doing a DNS flush means clearing out the DNS cache your computer has accumulated. When you input a URL, your computer will save the name-resolution request so it doesn't have to look it up again when you go back to the site.

Open Terminal and use this command:
dnscacheutil -flushcache

 

[fletchnj]

i used istumbler. thanks for the recommend. it seems slow when connected via ethernet too

I have mine connected via wired ethernet too, and it's slow as molasses.

 

[neilah1]

I did a 60gig first time TM backup to my Time Capsule today via wired ethernet -- took about 2-3 hours.

I only wish there was a utility that would unmount the TC drive when I sleep my MacBook!

I received the drive today, unpacked it, and applied the new firmware update. No stuttering or delayed DNS resolutions on my side, and while I see in the thread someone said the wireless is slower than a normal AirPort Extreme, it's better than the old AirPort Express I was using for the last year!

 

[ParishM]

I only wish there was a utility that would unmount the TC drive when I sleep my MacBook!

why is this important ?

 

[grimslade]

I have mine connected via wired ethernet too, and it's slow as molasses.

Can you quantify "molasses"?

 

[Nimiety]

Just got a Time Capsule of my own, so here are my feelings and results so far.

Both Apple TVs are seen at a TX Rate of 130 Mbps wirelessly (I think on the 5mhz range, slower on the 2.4mhz range). My main PC which is cabled directly (asus p5k-se motherboard so gig lan) and has auto detected the lan at a gig which is good, but throughput does not seem to go above 100mbps.

I did a backup of an HD connected by esata to the main PC over to the TC and it's traffic pattern never rose above 100 mbps - I really was expecting it to rise as far as the write speed of that drive would handle and would be happy with at least a few hundred mbps.

It seems like this is not inconsistent with others?

 

[lawrengw]

My Time Capsule Wireless Results

I’ve recently bought my first Apple computer in the form of one of the new aluminium 13” MacBook, along with a 500GB Time Capsule and 160GB Apple TV. I wanted to make sure I was getting the best possible data transfer rates on my Time Capsule’s wireless network so today I decided to carry out a series of tests while making changes to the Wireless Channel ID and Radio Mode being used.

In case you want to compare my results, the models of MacBook and Time Capsule are below…
13” Aluminium MacBook (MB466B/A) with Mac OS X 10.5.5
500GB Time Capsule (MB276B/A) Software Version 7.3.2

The tests were all carried out from the MacBook, which was positioned about 20 metres from the Time Capsule and separated by two internal walls.

The test itself was to see how quickly a 18.7MB file could be transferred from the internal HDD of the Time Capsule to the desktop of my MacBook. I used the Network section of the Activity Monitor utility to get the data. Here are the results…

Radio Mode: 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible)
Channel Auto – Received: 7.77MB/s Sent: 91.09 KB/s
Channel 1 - Received: 5.5 MB/s Sent: 65.81 KB/s
Channel 2 - Received: 5.52 MB/s Sent: 62.36 KB/s
Channel 3 - Received: 6.39 MB/s Sent: 69.36 KB/s
Channel 4 - Received: 5.56 MB/s Sent: 60.76 KB/s
Channel 5 - Received: 6.27 MB/s Sent: 73.98 KB/s
Channel 6 - Received: 5.53 MB/s Sent: 86.47 KB/s
Channel 7 - Received: 5.84 MB/s Sent: 69.79 KB/s
Channel 8 - Received: 7.98 MB/s Sent: 90.46 KB/s
Channel 9 - Received: 5.55 MB/s Sent: 66.73 KB/s
Channel 10 - Received: 4.93 MB/s Sent: 58.92 KB/s
Channel 11 - Received: 7.92 MB/s Sent: 93.59 KB/s
Channel 12 - Received: 7.72 MB/s Sent: 90.99 KB/s
Channel 13 - Received: 4.69 MB/s Sent: 56.49 KB/s

As I’m planning on always using the mixed Radio Mode due to the fact that I’ve also got an iPod Touch which isn’t N capable I’ve carried out less extensive testing on the other Radio Modes available and left all three on Automatic Channel selection. Here are the results for those tests…

Radio Mode: 802.11n only (2.4GHz) - Received: 6.65 MB/s Sent: 78.87 KB/s
Radio Mode: 802.11n (802.11a compatible) - Received: 4.72 MB/s Sent: 56.46 KB/s
Radio Mode: 802.11n only (5GHz) - Received: 7.61 MB/s Sent: 91.30 KB/s

The results of the tests did surprise me slightly as I’d read a few posts that said Channel 9 was always a sure bet for a good quality signal. The outcome is that I think I’ll stick with 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible) Radio Mode and Automatic Channel selection as there doesn’t seem to be an outright winner in the speed stakes amongst the other Channels and Radio Modes.

 

[emt1]

why is this important ?

It's not.