Slow connection through Linksys router

My MacBook Pro has the same problem. When connected to the Linksys WRT54G it takes a long time "resolving host" -- eventually it does load up but MUCH slower than my windows PC. It is interesting that I loaded Windows XP on the MacBook Pro and use the built in wireless Airport and it works just fine! No delay, no "resolving host" issue, etc. Obviously it is not a hardware problem, just a software problem. One more wrinkle -- the Belkin wireless router that is at work is great with the MacBook Pro. Any ideas -- please help! 🙂

thanks
Mike

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Do you have the latest Linksys firmware update installed on the Router?

Yes, I just checked the other day and the firmware is the lastest for that router.
Thanks -- Mike

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Let me also update you on another observation -- I decided (with the Intel Mac) to install Windows XP using Parallel's software. It installed just fine on OSX and works through the airport wireless on the MacBook Pro. The internet connection does NOT have any problems working through the Windows software! That leads me to think it is not a hardware problem (whew) but some software problem with how the OSX and the router connect. Again, it is only slow with the Linksys router (WRT54G) -- perhaps it might be something with the OSX software and how DHCP interacts with the Linksys router. Any ideas would be extremely helpful!
Thanks -- Mike

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I have the same problem with the new Belkin pre-n router. I got that because the Linksys was so bad. This gives a stronger coverage then the Linksys, but still very slow unless I am right in the room with the router. I changed all 2.4 GHz phones in the house to 5.8, but his did nothing. I have 2 days to bring back the Mac. If I can't solve this, back it goes. The guys at the local Apple Store said the Macbook Pro is pretty slow on the Internet.

Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hello everyone,

Just an update -- over the past few days, I have tried everything to help speed up the Internet speed with the Linksys router. The Apple people blame the Linksys people and the Linksys people blame the Apple people for the problem. It seems to be (from many posts) that it is the Apple software 'glitch' that is causing the problem. People have been demanding that Apple fix the problem -- I have no idea whether that will happen or not. I picked up a CompUSA generic wireless router -- it works just fine -- the Belkin b/g wireless router works just fine -- it's just the Linksys WRT54G v. 1.1 that is causing trouble. The problem with switching routers is that I have a 'repeater' system between router and access points around the house. It can only work with Linksys router/access point configuration at this time. Any other ideas to solve the problem would be extremely helpful. I'm a new Mac 'switcher' and this is not a good start! 😟 Thanks! Mike

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I have the identical problem. A Linksys WRT54G V5 that links (via ethernet) a PC, an iMac G5 PPC, an iMac 450Mghz, and via wireless, a Toshiba Portege laptop.

Speed for the cabled PC is about 4800 mbps, the two macs run around 1500 mbps. The wireless connect for the Portege is about 4000 mbps.

If I run the iMac G5 on airport the wireless is again, around 1650.

It looks like the Mac and Linksys don't like one another.

I had the exact same problem...cable modem thru Linksys WRT54G wireless router. I was supposed to be getting 10 mg dl speed. Direct connect, cable modem to Mac, yielded maybe 5-6, direct connect to PC next to the iMac yielded 10. Even booting into Windows with the iMac, I was able to get 10 dl using Int Explorer. Booting back into iMac, brought my speeds back down to 5.

What worked for me was changing Network/Ethernet Tab in System Preferences. I configured Manually, 100baseTX, full duplex, and my mac Benchmarks shot right back up to 10 meg download.

Hope that's clear and not too convoluted.

Thanks for that lead Louis.

Unfortunately that hasn't helped.

I did replace the Linksys router with a Dlink and I'm encountering the same problem, so the routers may not be the source.

The cables and ports check out ok. The search continues.

I just picked up another Linksys Router and it has the same problem. When I hooked up the cheap CompUSA router, it works great. Pages come right up and it moves along much faster on the Mac. On the Windows machines, the Linksys works just fine. This is extremely frustrating and Apple NEEDS to update the driver. I've seen this problem all throughout the newsgroups. UGGGGHHHH! Hope they fix it.

Thanks!
Mike

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

driver for wireless router?

Try resetting Network settings in System Preferences. Have you properly prioritized your Network Port Configurations?

Hello -- yes, I've done just about every configuration possible with the Airport on the MacBoook Pro. From the discussions in other groups, the thought is a driver problem with the Mac that enables the DNS to work properly with the linksys router. As I said before, the other brands of routers (Belkin, CompUSA, etc.) load up the DNS quickly on the MacBook Pro. The Linksys does not -- and I've tried two different Linksys routers (in case one is not working correctly) Again, the PC part of the MacBook Pro (I've got Boot Camp with Windows XP) works just fine with the Linksys. It is extremely frustrating. Any help would be appreciated.

Mike

MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

You may have done everything, but you've messed up somewhere. That is exactly the reason for seeing "resolving host." I'm not sure there is any other reason for seeing that.

I don't see where your issue was first noticed. Your network was functioning prior to setting up the iMac. When you set up the iMac, it should have simply discovered your network with absolutely no effort from you other than to answer the set-up question regarding how you would access the internet.

[You may have answered that question incorrectly, which has led to a misconfigured system ever since. It's an easy thing to have happen and is the exact thing that I did wrong during my initial set-up.]

Following that, the only thing you really needed to do was System Preferences>Network>("Location:Automatic") & "Show: Network Port Configurations" with the "Airport" box checked and "Airport" in the topmost position.

If it has become so very frustrating, it simply could not be any more difficult to eliminate every single Network setting and start over by letting your iMac discover your existing wireless network.

You need to remember that it's no different than if you got a brand new iBook, set it up, then drove down the street looking for possible connections. Your Airport would show each one as you drove past it, and you would have the opportunity to try and access each one. In fact, you would be able to access any one that was not password protected, by doing nothing more than choosing the already visible wireless network name of your choice that would be showing when you open the wireless icon at the top of your display.

Thank you very much for your reply. Perhaps I was not as clear as I should have been when describing the problem. Let me put it another way – when I bought the MacBook pro and took it out of the box I hooked it up to my Linksys WRT54G router. It discovered it existed and I put in the appropriate WEP code. It found the router signal without any trouble. Then I clicked on the Safari browser to bring up the Apple.com hope page and it waited for several seconds (7 or 8) before beginning the download of images and text. The message said in the status bar “Loading Apple-Start”. (or whatever the page is you are loading). I made no changes in any network settings at this time. This is how it responded right out of the box. Since my Windows wireless PC doesn’t wait that long (it begins to load images within 1 to 1 ½ seconds) I knew something was wrong. I hooked up a Belkin and CompUSA wireless router and the MacBook pro began loading pages within 1 to 1 ½ seconds, just like the PC. Then I loaded Boot Camp and Windows XP to the MacBook pro, recognized the same Linksys router, it it begins to load images within 1 to 1 ½ seconds. So it would seem to eliminate hardware in the MacBook pro and seem to eliminate a malfunctioning Linksys wireless router since it works well with Windows XP and finally, it seems to eliminate a problem with the cable modem since other non-Linksys wireless routers work well with both the OS X and Windows XP. The MacBook pro has some very nice features but with such slow times to begin loading web pages it is extremely frustrating – from my Google searches on newsgroups, many other people have experienced similar problems with OS X and Linksys. Let me throw in an interesting observation that might be helpful – when I load up, say, www.apple.com, it takes several seconds to begin downloading images (once it begins, it downloads quickly). When I click on a like within the www.apple.com site, say, support, it begins the download, in most cases, right away. I’ve experienced this within other sites, www.cnn.com, www.yahoo.com, www.foxnews.com, etc. Could there be a connection between getting into the domain and getting around the domain? Just a thought. Thanks again for your help.

Mike


MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Mike,
With the caveat that we don't have exactly the same machines or software installed, since set-up mine has worked well with Safari set NOT to "Open using Rosetta"

I suppose you've already looked, but Finder>File>Get Info performed for Applications>Safari shows my machine to have had that option unchecked since my initial set-up. I do not know what the default is supposed to be, or if the option was set (or not) as a part of the set-up question/answer process. Might be a help to you to try Safari the "other" way than it's currently set to see what happens. Good luck.

Edit-
FYI, I am this week on a premium speed dsl connection, and it is noticeably faster than last week's standard dsl speed connection. Not meaning to brag, but Safari responds in less than one second. I have been back and forth between these two connections (at two different locations) and the difference has always been quite noticeable. Glad to be here for the next month!