Very slow wi-fi connectivity past few months on mac-mini os x 10.4.11

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Very slow wi-fi connectivity past few months on mac-mini os x 10.4.11

Thanks Randy for my earlier post response.

I'm using a 2007 Mac mini which runs on OS X Tiger 10.4.11.

I am facing hard time connecting with Airpot ON and Wi-Fi...past few months?

Almost all of the websites are taking long time to display.

I'm able to connect fast on Lenovo with same wireless modem.

As discussed on https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4450655?start=0&tstart=0

I've tried disabling the BLUETOOTH settings, and cleared the cache.

How can I get the normal speed of browsing?

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Mar 13, 2013 9:22 AM

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BDAqua

Level 10

239,111 points

Mar 14, 2013 11:38 AM in response to shashankfromct

Hello,

Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712

The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.

10.4 instructions...

Is that Interface dragged to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations.

If using Wifi/Airport...

Instead of joining your Network from the list, click the WiFi icon at the top, and click join other network. Fill in everything as needed.

Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers:, for that Interface...

208.67.222.222

208.67.220.220

(There may be better or faster DNS numbers in your area, but these should be a good test).

Click OK.

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Answer 2

rccharles

Level 6

12,957 points

Mar 15, 2013 7:42 PM in response to shashankfromct

Perhaps your web browser is out of date. Firefox 3.x runs slow for me.

Safari 4.1.3 for Tiger

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1069

iCab - The Taxi for the Internet

http://www.icab.de/

for PPC -- works for me on 10.4. Supports 10.5

tenfourfox -- It's a port of the latest FireFox to run on older hardware and software.

"World's most advanced web browser. Finely tuned for the Power PC."

http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

alternative download site:

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37761/tenfourfox

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Robert

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Answer 3

Mar 16, 2013 2:25 AM in response to BDAqua

Thank you very much BDAqua, the setups that you have WIFI setups that you have suggested. This is my case.

If using Wifi/Airport...

Instead of joining your Network from the list, click the WiFi icon at the top, and click join other network. Fill in everything as needed.

Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers:, for that Interface...

208.67.222.222

208.67.220.220

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Answer 4

Mar 16, 2013 2:26 AM in response to rccharles

Thank you RCHARLES, you suggestion worked. Decided to pick none other than SAFARI... :-)

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