artnative

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Q: Mavericks, Airport, WiFi Stability, (Scan Test)

Hello,

I have made a test by installing two identical Mavericks Systems on a MacBook and iMac.

The strange thing is, I am using a scan software using and Epson Scanner as a testing environment

for the stability of my WiFi network.

If I make a scan over Wifi on my Macbook, the scan is super fast and fluent (as if the printer is

connected using a USB cable)

If I make the same WiFi Scan test run on my iMac, the scan process is entirely sluggish with

several outages.

The problem with your "new airport utility" is further that I no longer know, which computer

is connected over WiFi to which Airport Extreme or TimeCapsule device.

Maybe I am doing something wrong but this is the case. (I wonder if big Apple has a QA department anyway)

- Macbook Scan using Mavericks with same WiFi printer driver (OK)

- iMac Scan using Mavericks with same WiFi printer driver (sluggish with dropouts, not OK)

Macbook and iMac with 10.9.5 using Epson printer/scan driver software

GarageBand (Mac) '11, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 30, 2014 3:06 AM

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by artnative,

artnative Nov 5, 2014 4:15 PM in response to Loner T
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Nov 5, 2014 4:15 PM in response to Loner T

You are right, without OPEN DNS, it seems to be faster.
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artnative Nov 7, 2014 7:47 AM in response to Bob Timmons
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Nov 7, 2014 7:47 AM in response to Bob Timmons

> two "hops" ...

Look mom, no hops (direct connection) , only one AExtreme Base Station ... transferring one file over AirDrop and the file transfer really dropped the connection including file transfer. Is this why it's called "AirDrop"?
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Bob Timmons Nov 7, 2014 8:09 AM in response to artnative
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Nov 7, 2014 8:09 AM in response to artnative

Please start a new post if you want to ask about AirDrop.
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artnative Nov 7, 2014 8:12 AM in response to Bob Timmons
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Nov 7, 2014 8:12 AM in response to Bob Timmons

> Upsides to wireless......it is cool, no wires. Downsides.....much slower than a wired connection, with a much greater chance of an error occurring over the connection.

OKAY, I disconnected the WiFi Epson printer/scanner which seems to be a "Störfaktor".

Maybe I should check the Apple Store first, to see if the product with the exact model type is listed in the Apple Store to follow the exact and strict rules of "Apple Gehorsam". Apple's behavior is resembling more and more like "Helicopter Parents".
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by Bob Timmons,

Bob Timmons Nov 7, 2014 8:29 AM in response to artnative
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Nov 7, 2014 8:29 AM in response to artnative

You might want to tell this to Apple.

Apple - AirPort Extreme - Feedback
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artnative Jan 12, 2015 11:18 PM in response to LaPastenague
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Jan 12, 2015 11:18 PM in response to LaPastenague

I think I found the problem. There seems to be some heavy issues with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation Airport devices. A combination of different generation models seems to have heavy influences in stability and performance of an Airport network.
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