Q: slow internet on wifi; normal to fast on personal hotspot
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Jul 11, 2015 12:47 AMby Carolyn Samit,HelpfulMight be corrupted network preferences.
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration
Click Go then move all the files in the SystemConfiguration folder to the Trash.
Restart your Mac. See if that makes a difference.
Your Mac will generate a new SystemConfiguration folder for you.
If that doesn't help, reset the SMC. Instructions a Mac Mini here > Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac
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Jul 11, 2015 1:52 AMby tedk331,thanks carolyn. ill take note of your advice. upon retuning home from work, the internet seems to be working fine now. i just left the mac mini turned on before i left for work, about eight hours that it was left turned on. did the computer configure itself? the speediest revealed a 4.2 - 4.5mbps connection speed. so ill just have a copy of your advice and save it for future use. thank you so much for your time and effort.
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Jul 11, 2015 1:57 AMby tedk331,hello IIIaass.. here is the sceenshot of the dropdown menu that you asked...
upon retuning home from work, the internet seems to be working fine now. i just left the mac mini turned on before i left for work, about eight hours that it was left turned on. did the computer configure itself? the speediest revealed a 4.2 - 4.5mbps connection speed. ill try downloading a movie and see the connection speed has improved. thanks a lot...
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Jul 11, 2015 2:14 AMby lllaass,That shows that you are connected to a 2.4 GHz network and your Tx Rate is relatively slow at 52. The 2.4 GHz frequency is very congested with a lot of appliances using that frequency
I would get a new router, one that use the new AC band is best but one that handles the 5 GHz N band is OK.
With AC I get a Tx rate of 527, with 5GHz N I get about 250
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Jul 11, 2015 2:21 AMby tedk331,thanks IIIaass.. ill bear that in mind. but for now, i am contented with the present setup of my old router. it was just the issue of the slow connection speed when i use the mac mini connecting to the router, which doesn't happen when i use my hp laptop or my iPhone using the same router. ill update this post for any positive/negative developments. thanks again.
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Jul 11, 2015 9:39 AMby tedk331,i configured my router in order i can use the 5ghz band. the problem is i cannot connect to it. now, i have two bands to choose from, a 2.4ghz and a 5ghz band. the problem is, i can connect to the 5ghz band, but the connection is not consistent. once i have connected to it, it disappears after a few minutes. so i have to connect to the 2.4ghz once again.
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Jul 11, 2015 3:40 PMby Linc Davis,Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Select All Processes from the View menu, if not already selected, and also select the Network tab.
Click the heading of the Sent Bytes column in the process table to sort the entries by bandwidth usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Repeat with the Rcvd Bytes column.
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Jul 11, 2015 3:48 PMby tedk331,its google chrome at present because i am watching a live stream video. the setting i made to my router - channel 44 at 5ghz and channel 12 at 2.4ghz - seems to have stabilised the connection. however, I'm still connected at the 2.4ghz band. i still cannot connect to the 5ghz band.
