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Wanderer509

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hi, i am using a macbook C2D 2.16ghz with macosx 10.4.11. i have ran some speedtest on my macbook n have noticed a absurdly slow upload speed (DL:2600kb/s, UP:30kb/s). i was just wondering waht is wrong with this speed? does it have anything to do with my airport as i have heard before airport soemtimes have problems... n if so are there updates for it? i ran software update but nothing came up, so just searching around n trying to see if anyone knows =) thanks in advance

in addition: my firefox always dont respond, keeps telling me its waiting for response, is this tied to the upload rate?
 
i dont beleive its my router's problem, since i can get 500kb/s upload rates on my other computers. are there any airport updates that have to be applied manually taht software updater wont tell u about?

EDIT: for some reason my upload speed is bak up, the only major thing i did was change my channel to 5 instead of 6. thanks anyways =D lets hope it doenst die again
 
i dont beleive its my router's problem, since i can get 500kb/s upload rates on my other computers. are there any airport updates that have to be applied manually taht software updater wont tell u about?

EDIT: for some reason my upload speed is bak up, the only major thing i did was change my channel to 5 instead of 6. thanks anyways =D lets hope it doenst die again



I am facing the same issue. I have windows 7 also installed on my Mac.
Internet works fine on Windows but on Mac i get very slow upload speed or u can call it no upload at all, its so slow that i cant even send e-mail but browsing/downloading works fine.

I changed Wireless router channel from 6 to 5 but that didn't help either.
I also tried adding DNS addresses but that didn't help either.
Even the wired connection from router gives me same issue on MAC.
if i connect the modem directly to the computer it works fine.

I use a D-link wireless router model DI-524 and beetel adsl modem. Modem is connected to the router.

Windows 7 on MAC doesn't give me any problem with the wireless or wired internet.

I also updated the Firmware of the router that didn't help either.

Firmware update link and instruction for ppl who are using the same router.
http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/default.asp?model=DI-524&TemplateId=21654
http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/Download/download.aspx?product=DI-524&revision=REV_B&filetype=Firmware

The conclusion is my router doesn't seem to be working well with MAC but works fine with windows,anyone has solutions for this?

I have finally found the solution:
Here is it:


Change the MTU from 1500 to 1200
http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/default.asp?model=DI-524&TemplateId=21654
 
Thanks!

I changed the MTU setting on my MacBook Pro to 1200 and that fixed the slow upload/uplink speed. Thanks!
I am house sitting, and thought I was going to be without (well, 0.01MB uplink) internet for 10 days :)

John
 
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