Slow Download Speed on macbook pro
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
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Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
jeffp_032056 wrote:
I've got the same exact issue also. Trying to download some updates and the time frame was over 7 days!!
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I'm joining the club. My MBP wil only download at a rate og 3,5 MBs while connected to my router with a cable. Mine is a 10Mbs connection. My wifes MB transfers at rates up to 9 GBs? I cannot figute out what is wrong with my MBP?
also joining the club.
Here is a peculiar situation I have:
I purchased a macbook pro in Apr '11 (with Snow Leopard 10.6.7). I ran this machine on different networks with different bandwidths (varying from 1Mbps to 8Mbps). However, my ftp transfers are always slow. They don't go beyond 30-35 KBps (where as I should expect atleast 500 KBps (on an 8Mbps line), if we convert the bits to bytes and reduce the download speed because of noise.
I am not using Airport Extreme / Time Capsule but a third party router provided by the ISP (BSNL is the ISP, I live in India). The router is not capable of 802.11n, but supports 802.11 a/b/g.
The above is surprising considering that if I use any Windows machine (Windows 7) or even my Mid-2007 Macbook (Leopard, 10.5.x latest security update installed), the download speeds are way better. This looks to me as an Snow Leopard issue on the same router.
Does my post provide someone enough information to help me out?
Thanks,
Mayank
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Turning off the airport off (for a second)/ then back on - it did the trick for me!
Hello!
I was just having a similar problem with my Macbook Pro (2011) and I tried just about everything and it was still having these EXTREMELY slow download and upload speeds:
According to Speedtest.net:
2.32 Mbps Download Speed
1.43 Mbps Upload Speed
I FIXED MY problem by changing the channel on my wireless router. First, I went to http://tools.meraki.com/stumbler#q= to figure out what channels my neighbors were NOT using. I discovered that no one around me was using channel 10. Next, I put my IP address into the URL bar to access my wireless settings and changed the Wireless Channel to 10. The change in download speed was almost immediate:
According to Speedtest.net:
11.37 Mbps Download Speed (My internet max is 12 Mbps)
1.46 Mbps Upload Speed
I hope this helps you or someone out there having the same issues as me!
Sincerely,
Justin
All I have this same issue with my MBP 13 i7, running Lion 10.7.2. The when my Mac is on my home network it actually brings the entire network to its knees. I run a GB switched network in the house with a 12Mbps DSL connection to the Internet. I found that turning home sharing off on the machine helped the internal network issue, and setting my Wireless access point to G only seemed to solve the Internet access issues most of the time, the Mac is still a bit flakey when using wireless, but fine when running wired. Seems to be a MBP problem as my iMac and my Mini both run Lion and do not have these problems.
Hate to say tis but have had this issue for over 4 years on my mac desktop. usually drag the old thing to the mac store and have them do the updates. Sometimes starting and restopping over and over and.....gets things moving a bit faster. Only have problems with Apple downloads.
VideoGameGod
that is great info
Ipad was 5.7 MBPS
Macbook Pro (new) was under 1
Now they are almost the exact same just by seeing others on same channel and changing it to one nobody was using.
OK, So i seem to be having this issues also. OSX Lion 15" 2.2 Quad - Cisco WirelessN router - No Firewalls are turned on, no proxy servers, and the DNS is going through our server.
I cant download apple updates, itunes is slow to download, and im trying to download an ISO from Microsoft (64x Win 7) and it's saying 15 hours for 2.9gb.
It's not allowing me to download the Boot Camp "windows support software" it is hanging around 30%
Our download speed at work is around 11mbs down and 3mbs up and is working fine on all the acer laptops, Asus laptops, and Samsung.
It just seems like its a simple setting that is incorrect? Help!?!
SOLUTION THAT INSTANTLY FIXED THIS FOR ME IS TO LOGIN TO ROUTER AND CHANGE THE CHANNEL OF BROADCAST. FIXED IT INSTANTLY
Slow Download Speed on macbook pro