Hi
I have a an old imac, still working and running on 10.5.8 !!
I still use it for music and simple word processing.
I have linked it up to the internet with a ethernet cable and the internet speed is vastly differnet to by ipad / iphone using wifi.
I syspect that its the imac and not the router?
Any idea what has gone wrong and why ethernet connect is not faster than wireless
Thanks
imac G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Macbook, iphone
Are you on broadband? Have you contacted your ISP? Have you tried resetting your router?
Internet Quick Assist:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1144?viewlocale=en_US
Troubleshooting internet settings:
Our G4s are struggling on our 50MBps cable connection with many web sites. Two Intel iMacs and a MacBook Pro run fine on the same connection.
New web technology has largely abandoned the PowerPC. Even this Apple forum site drags on the G4.
Yes on broadband and using a NetCommWireless Router
Some of the youtube videos talk about changing the IP address under the DNS tab but that did not make any diference.
I will look at the links and let you knoe if this helps
many thanks
Let's see what the raw download speed is
Use speedof.me on the Mac & the iPad.
run activity monitor to see if there is someother problem
/applications/utilities/activity monitor
The speed will vary depending how close you are to the wifi router & number of walls between you and the wifi router.
Here are three links that will rate your connection.
speedof.me -- uses html5
http://www.speedtest.net/
You can try downloading directly from the terminal to see how fast one file downloads.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ mkdir test
mac $ cd test
mac $ curl "http://www.apple.com" >see
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 11292 100 11292 0 0 22628 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 62623
mac $ cat see
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-us" lang="en-US">
<head>
... clipped ...
OK
Ping test:
Jitters 27ms
Ping 59ms
Unable to measure packet loss - Java not installed or firewall in place???
Network Utility test
Sent packet 32,433
Recv packet 40,893
Rember this was tested with the wired ethgernet cable and not wireless.
My wireless speed is excellent and works fine on laptops, ipads and iphones, its just the imac connected via the cable that is very flow and struggles to play any internet video content.
Any ideas? Waht about the Java comment above - anything to do with it?
thanks
Allan,
So are you saying that it cant be fixed?
DOH! 😢
It occurs to me --finally-- why you may be seeing this slowness on a wried connection. That latest G4 iMacs retained the 10/100BASE ethernet port Apple used to put on all consumer and educational Macs. The PowerMacs and PowerBook were considered "pro" models and had 10/100/1000BASE ethernet ports--much faster.
You may see improvement by going wireless if your iMac has USB 2.0 ports:
NewerTech MAXPower 802.11n/g/b High-Performance Wireles USB Adapter w/bonus ext cradle. For Mac & PC
It will give wireless "n" speeds if used in a USB 2.0 port--that's the protocol your other devices are probably using.
To see if you have USB 2.0 ports, hold OPTION and, while hlding it, click the Apple menu. In 10.5, the first entry should change to "System Profiler." Launch it.
In the opening screen:
find the code in the second line that I've indicated with the red arrow; for a G4 iMac the line will be "PowerMacx,x"--please post your code and your screen size (15, 17, or 20). From that we can find out if you have USB 2, making the wireless option viable.
Oh.
You should use:
speedof.me
I should have gotten rid of the others.
Robert
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,1
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
Processor Speed: 1.25 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.6.8f4
I have a 17 inch screen
Thanks
I've place an order for USB Adapter and fingers crossed it works.
Thanks
Slow Internet speed using ethernet cable.
