Internet slow in G5 iMac
My girlfriend?s family?s computer (G5 iMac) is extremely slow when it comes to things dealing with the Internet. The iMac takes a seriously long time to even display a single webpage.
The iMac along with the rest of the Macs in the house share a cable line, but for whatever reason this Mac is the only one that is slow on the Internet. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
The iMac along with the rest of the Macs in the house share a cable line, but for whatever reason this Mac is the only one that is slow on the Internet. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
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Originally posted by His Dudeness
Is it plugged in via ethernet or is it on Airport?
Ethernet.
Originally posted by malebolgia
Ethernet.
Is AirPort turned on?
Originally posted by malebolgia
The iMac along with the rest of the Macs in the house share a cable line, but for whatever reason this Mac is the only one that is slow on the Internet. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas?
What do you mean when you say it is slow? It is a perception thing or it does download really slowly than the others? You can figure this out quite easily: while the other Macs do not use the internet connection (so the whole bandwidth is available to iMac), launch the terminal and start a big download using the command wget . For example
wget http://www.macupdate.com/download.php/8564/MacOSXUpdate10.3.9.dmg
The command wget will report live the percentage downloaded and the bit rate (KB/s).
Do the same with the other Macs, having each time only the Mac under test downloading from the internet. See what wget gives as bit rate.
Originally posted by JLL
Is AirPort turned on?
Nope.
But it could be some processor-hogging thing, or a proxy set accidently.
It is a router connection, right? Not just hubs.
We can take a look at your network settings - copy and paste the Apple System Profiler "Network" pane if you want (Apple Menu->About This Mac->More Info->Network).
EDIT: Forgot I was on a no-upload site.
Originally posted by lundy
I'd suspect the cable also.
But it could be some processor-hogging thing, or a proxy set accidently.
It is a router connection, right? Not just hubs.
We can take a look at your network settings - copy and paste the Apple System Profiler "Network" pane if you want (Apple Menu->About This Mac->More Info->Network).
EDIT: Forgot I was on a no-upload site.
I can post it on my website (I'll have my girlfriend send me it).
what kind of modem are you using?
Originally posted by ragingloogie
slow? my iMac G5 is fine with the internet... theres moments when itll be slow, but theres numerous reasons why that could be happening... i have cable, and when a lot of users are on at one time, it gets slower, but usually its fine...
what kind of modem are you using?
Default Comcast Cable modem (don't know much more than that).
I have a DP 2.5 and safari, even the tiger version, runs like absolute and total crap.
firefox is better in just about every way, and does not have that problem.
Originally posted by malebolgia
Default Comcast Cable modem (don't know much more than that).
got the same thing, comcast cable... do you have a router(fire wall)? dumb question w/ cable modems i know... anyways.. if you do, try rebooting the router; simply by unplugging it from the power supply, wait about 30sec, more or less, then plug it back in...
i know when my internet becomes slow and ichat doesnt connect or something around that nature, its the firewall... good luck...
Originally posted by PB
What do you mean when you say it is slow? It is a perception thing or it does download really slowly than the others? You can figure this out quite easily: while the other Macs do not use the internet connection (so the whole bandwidth is available to iMac), launch the terminal and start a big download using the command wget .
I don't believe that wget ships with OS X. I have always had to compile it myself, or grab it from DarwinPorts or Fink. curl is default on OS X installs since 10.2 at least (I dunno if it was in 10.0 or 10.1, but probably was). Using this command he can test it without needing to install wget:
curl -O http://www.macupdate.com/download.ph...date10.3.9.dmg
Edit: Just thought of this
Make sure that the ethernet cable is plugged all the way in and not damaged anywhere. I know that I get 'no route to host' errors to my home server when the ethernet cord is hanging out of the port on the router (the 'clip' thing on top has been long broken off on that cable so it doesn't hold secure in the port).
Reseting the router through powering off is a good idea though too. My Linksys router has the wireless go down ever once in a while... where all the transfers over it (even to computers on the internal ethernet ports) are limited to 30kB/s... until I reset the router, then it's fine.
Originally posted by pyr3
I don't believe that wget ships with OS X. I have always had to compile it myself, or grab it from DarwinPorts or Fink.
Ooops, you are right. I installed it a long time ago and forgot about that in the meantime.