Re: Very slow Internet on one Mac, but not another.

2013-04-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
One other thing to look at is traceroute timings. Traceroute is an area in the Network Utility. Pick a well known server that has dfferent speeds for the two computers and try to do a traceroute to it. This is a way to ask the network how you get to the server. Generally the first 3-4 lines sho

Re: Very slow Internet on one Mac, but not another.

2013-04-20 Thread Chris Blouch
Also of interest would be to do the About This Mac and do the System Report and then goto the WiFi section. In particular there should be something called PHY Mode which will tell you how you're connected. Mine for example says 802.11N which is my wifi connection to the Airport base station. Ge

Re: Very slow Internet on one Mac, but not another.

2013-04-20 Thread Tim Kilburn
Could you supply more detail about the machines please? • Model of each machine, amount of RAM, version of OS. • Go into the Utilities folder, open Network Utility, make sure that the WIFI Interface is selected and under the Info tab, confirm the network speed for each machine. Later... Tim Ki

Very slow Internet on one Mac, but not another.

2013-04-20 Thread Brandt
Hi there folks, We have to macs in the house, mine and that of my fiancé.They are both connected to the same Wi-Fi router, mine is working at normal speeds, for this country anyway, but my fiancé's is being extraordinarily slow.I cannot figure out why or how, but if anybody knows what to try, p