Wireless Router
I have a 1 yr old MacBook Pro that has accessed the internet thru a 3 yr. old home Linksys G router at AT&T DSL speeds of about 3K. That router recently pooped-out, so I bought a Netgear N router and hooked it up. The Gateway home computer works fine on it and another Dell laptop we have works wirelessly at about the same speed... BUT ever since I hooked-up this Netgear N router, my Apple MacBook Pro speed stinks (less than 500). You can tell by the way I've written this, I'm no techy... is there a reason this is happening?
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I have a 1 yr old MacBook Pro that has accessed the internet thru a 3 yr. old home Linksys G router at AT&T DSL speeds of about 3K. That router recently pooped-out, so I bought a Netgear N router and hooked it up. The Gateway home computer works fine on it and another Dell laptop we have works wirelessly at about the same speed... BUT ever since I hooked-up this Netgear N router, my Apple MacBook Pro speed stinks (less than 500). You can tell by the way I've written this, I'm no techy... is there a reason this is happening?
Without more pertinent info i would guess that Netgear router allocates more bandwidth to the Dell and the Gateway then it does to your MacBook.
If you work on the MacBook all day long every day I would suggest you get an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Timecapsule, and create a wickedly fast (802.11n) network for it.
Then both your hardware and software are in sync. Now they (clearly) aren't.
Without more pertinent info i would guess that Netgear router allocates more bandwidth to the Dell and the Gateway then it does to your MacBook.
If you work on the MacBook all day long every day I would suggest you get an Apple Airport Express, Airport Extreme, or Timecapsule, and create a wickedly fast (802.11n) network for it.
Then both your hardware and software are in sync. Now they (clearly) aren't.
There's no logical reason it would do this nor would run out and buy new stuff. 802.11n is a standard (or will be) and all manufacturers should perform equally.
BUT ever since I hooked-up this Netgear N router, my Apple MacBook Pro speed stinks (less than 500).
What do you mean by "500"? Is that a bandwidth test you're running from a website?
Hold down your "alt" key on the mac and "left click" the Airport icon near the clock. It should say the "rate" you're connected to the Netgear. That's the number that matters since you can't control the speed of your DSL
There's no logical reason it would do this nor would run out and buy new stuff. 802.11n is a standard (or will be) and all manufacturers should perform equally.
What do you mean by "500"? Is that a bandwidth test you're running from a website?
Hold down your "alt" key on the mac and "left click" the Airport icon near the clock. It should say the "rate" you're connected to the Netgear. That's the number that matters since you can't control the speed of your DSL
Thank You! Its say transmit rate 130... and yes the number I gave before was from the 2wire speed test... the Dell shows at 2.8 0r so and the MacBook is around 400-500. I can't even watch a short sports clip on ESPN with out it stopping and starting, etc.
You could also try and update the firmware on the Netgear so that you're running the latest. Its important to do that for security reasons and also because 802.11n isn't finalized and so they continually update it with fixes.
As a test, try plugging an ethernet cable directly into the Netgear and see if you get any better performance. That way we can rule out the Airport card.
You could also try and update the firmware on the Netgear so that you're running the latest. Its important to do that for security reasons and also because 802.11n isn't finalized and so they continually update it with fixes.
If the firmware update doesn't work, is there other computers connected to the router by wireless? Just trying to narrow what has the problem.
802.11b/g is rated at about a third the speed 802.11n is.
but even 802.11b by itself is WAY faster than your internet connection... so upgrading to "n" will have no effect whatsoever on the speed of the internet connection. (Unless there's somethign ELSE in the new router that allows it to pass information better.)
but even 802.11b by itself is WAY faster than your internet connection... so upgrading to "n" will have no effect whatsoever on the speed of the internet connection. (Unless there's somethign ELSE in the new router that allows it to pass information better.)
Thanks everyone for your thoughts on this.... I'm gonna take it in, I have the Applecare warranty... I think it's something inside, as I took it on a business trip and the speed stunk at both airports I was at. I'd used it at both before and it was much better. The other Windows-based computers on our home network are working fine. It's just really "coincidental" that this all happened when I changed the router to this N series.
Again THANK YOU!