leroxx Posted September 13, 2008 CID Share Posted September 13, 2008 hi I have an 'up to' 2 megabyte internet connection to which two macbooks are connected via wifi. Each has a windows xp partition, from which i have found (from the wifi properties in the toolbar) that one runs at 108kbs/s, whereas the other only reaches 54kbs/s. The lag is really noticeable in the latter, even when just browsing webpages, and it often cuts out. I've tried all i can think of and am beginning to wonder whether there's some fine detail I'm overlooking. What is going on!!!??? My router is a netgear super wireless ADSL DG834GT I have a dynamic ip address My speedtest results are: macbook 1: download 1313 Kbps - upload 338 Kbps - ping 57ms macbook 2: download 543 Kbps - upload 312 Kbps - ping 54ms The connection on the mac partition of the slower macbook was as bad but has somehow resolved itself and is running at a similar speed to macbook 1 now. When connected directly to the router via ethernet cable, the slow macbook becomes a similar speed to the faster one. Any help appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted September 13, 2008 CID Share Posted September 13, 2008 leroxx, welcome to the forum! hope you enjoy your stay here. I'm sure someone with more knowledge of routers than me will come along to help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted September 13, 2008 CID Share Posted September 13, 2008 hi I have an 'up to' 2 megabyte internet connection to which two macbooks are connected via wifi. Each has a windows xp partition, from which i have found (from the wifi properties in the toolbar) that one runs at 108kbs/s, whereas the other only reaches 54kbs/s. The lag is really noticeable in the latter, even when just browsing webpages, and it often cuts out. I've tried all i can think of and am beginning to wonder whether there's some fine detail I'm overlooking. What is going on!!!??? My router is a netgear super wireless ADSL DG834GT I have a dynamic ip address My speedtest results are: macbook 1: download 1313 Kbps - upload 338 Kbps - ping 57ms macbook 2: download 543 Kbps - upload 312 Kbps - ping 54ms The connection on the mac partition of the slower macbook was as bad but has somehow resolved itself and is running at a similar speed to macbook 1 now. When connected directly to the router via ethernet cable, the slow macbook becomes a similar speed to the faster one. Any help appreciated! It sounds as if the "slower " wifi book may have an older card than the second one, could this be ? dlewis is the " mac guru " he'll catch this soon i'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leroxx Posted September 13, 2008 Author CID Share Posted September 13, 2008 Thanks guys. I suppose it could be the cards, there was a good 3 or 4 months between purchases. If this is the case it is extremely lame... But hopefully it Isn't!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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