Re: [CGUYS] Sudden MAC OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-27 Thread t.piwowar
On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Arnold Kee wrote: A curious tendency is for the web to get back to normal within the first five minutes of use.and then steadily degrade... I can see the signal strength fade once we get to about ten minutes of use and longer. This story suggests that a probl

Re: [CGUYS] Sudden MAC OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-27 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
How about turning off and on your wireless radio (on the computer) when you see the signal strength fading? - Original Message - From: "Arnold Kee" To: Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:04 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Sudden MAC OS X V4 Inefficiency Thanks to all for your sugge

[CGUYS] Sudden MAC OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-27 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks to all for your suggestions. So far I've tried: - Clearing the Safari Cache - Clicking the "renew the DHCP lease" - Adding DNS sites; and - Reviewing the configuration of my modem. Nothing so far has worked. A curious tendency is for the web to get back to normal within the first five minu

Re: [CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-26 Thread TPiwowar
On Aug 25, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Arnold Kee wrote: Are there gremlins out to get me? Yes! all of a sudden, it now acts really slowly and fails to connect with my wireless network consistently Have you cleared the browser's cache files? A corrupt cache happens suddenly and will slow things d

Re: [CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-26 Thread Mark A. Metz
Try renewing your DHCP lease, especially if the Windows machine is using the same DNS server(s). I'm on my iPhone so I can't give step- by-steps, but I think there is a button for this right in your network settings in System Preferences. You also may be able to renew by turning off and tu

Re: [CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-25 Thread Ellen Harris
Change your DNS servers on the Mac to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 and see if it makes a difference. --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Arnold Kee wrote: > From: Arnold Kee > Subject: [CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Date: Tuesday, August

[CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-25 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Are there gremlins out to get me? I swear that the day I said to myself that one of the reasons why I continued to favor my MAC over the PC laptops I get with each job is how much more efficient it is when using the internet..all of a sudden, it now acts really slowly and fails t