Starting about a week ago, the wireless connection on my Macbook slowed down considerably. With an ethernet connection the internet works fine, but when I'm using the wireless network everything slows to a standstill. It's definitely not the wireless network--I'm using my school's wifi, and I tried a friend's identical macbook to confirm that it's just my computer and not the network. I ran an online speed test and got the following results:
(wireless) 1.23 Mb/s outbound, 75.48 kb (kb, not mb) per second inbound
(ethernet) 2.41 Mb/s outbound, 1.70 Mb/s inbound
I've tried doing some research online to figure out the problem, but there are so many things that can cause wireless problems I've been having a hard time sorting through all the information. Does anyone have any suggestions as to steps I should take to determine the source of the problem? If it helps, here's the information for my computer:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Airport Information
Software Versions:
Menu Extra: 6.2.1 (621.1)
configd plug-in: 6.2.3 (623.1)
System Profiler: 6.0 (600.9)
Network Preference: 6.2.1 (621.1)
AirPort Utility: 5.5.2 (552.11)
IO80211 Family: 3.1.2 (312)
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.1)
Locale: FCC
Country Code: FI
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
Wake On Wireless: Supported
Status: Connected
Current Network Information:
SFS-Qatar:
PHY Mode: 802.11n
BSSID: 68:ef:bd:e2:56:2f
Channel: 36
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: None
Signal / Noise: -55 dBm / -91 dBm
Transmit Rate: 130
MCS Index: 15
Thanks for any advice!
Ben
(wireless) 1.23 Mb/s outbound, 75.48 kb (kb, not mb) per second inbound
(ethernet) 2.41 Mb/s outbound, 1.70 Mb/s inbound
I've tried doing some research online to figure out the problem, but there are so many things that can cause wireless problems I've been having a hard time sorting through all the information. Does anyone have any suggestions as to steps I should take to determine the source of the problem? If it helps, here's the information for my computer:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Airport Information
Software Versions:
Menu Extra: 6.2.1 (621.1)
configd plug-in: 6.2.3 (623.1)
System Profiler: 6.0 (600.9)
Network Preference: 6.2.1 (621.1)
AirPort Utility: 5.5.2 (552.11)
IO80211 Family: 3.1.2 (312)
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.1)
Locale: FCC
Country Code: FI
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
Wake On Wireless: Supported
Status: Connected
Current Network Information:
SFS-Qatar:
PHY Mode: 802.11n
BSSID: 68:ef:bd:e2:56:2f
Channel: 36
Network Type: Infrastructure
Security: None
Signal / Noise: -55 dBm / -91 dBm
Transmit Rate: 130
MCS Index: 15
Thanks for any advice!
Ben
