Tome Capsule & MacBook running slow

[jkeep]

Hi,

I have just bought a Time capsule.

I am using a 2009 MacBook Pro running M L & my good lady
has an older 13" MacBook (white) running S L.

On my first backup it took about 6-8 hours but on my wifes
MacBook it was about a quarter of the way through this morning
after leaving it on overnight.

I thought the wireless was supposed to be a lot faster than my
normal WiFi router.

Is this normal or do I need to change some settings?

Many Thanks,

Jeff

 

[laudern]

nah thats about normal..It's bloody slow no doubt about it. What I did was connect my time capsule via network cord to my laptop and did my initial backup that way.

But now I do my backups usually once a week and its around 30gigs each time and that usually takes all day

 

[jkeep]

OK, but why should the macbook be 75% slower
than my macbook pro?

Cheers,

Jeff

 

[BrianBaughn]

On the MacBook, do you run Windows in either Fusion, Parallels or Virtualbox?

 

[Mike in Kansas]

Your Time Capsule has b/g/n wireless capability. Your MBP will probably be connecting at "n" - which would be 150 - 300 mbps speed. Your wife's older Macbook may only have b/g capability, which would connect at 54mbps, so possibly significantly slower. Also, how much data is on your HDD vs. hers? If she has more data, then it will take longer!

 

[jkeep]

Your Time Capsule has b/g/n wireless capability. Your MBP will probably be connecting at "n" - which would be 150 - 300 mbps speed. Your wife's older Macbook may only have b/g capability, which would connect at 54mbps, so possibly significantly slower. Also, how much data is on your HDD vs. hers? If she has more data, then it will take longer!

how do I know if it is b/g/n or n?
My mac has about twice as much on the HD

 

[Mike in Kansas]

On ML if you Option-click on the Airport icon in your menu bar, it brings up a lot of info about your network and how you are connected. It will show you the type of network you are on (802.11 b, g, or n) and also give you a transmit rate among other things (I am on an "n" network and my transmit rate is 270Mbps).

I'm not sure if this feature existed in SL or not; but at the very least you can go into the Apple menu and dive into "About This Mac", and look in the More Info section and see what is listed under Network>wifi. It will tell you the type of Airport card, what networks it can connect to (b/g/n) and also show you what networks and speeds it sees.