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Internet is really slow

Hello,
I have been reading the forums about other people's internet being really slow. I've had a problem with mine for about three weeks now. I have changed the ethernet cord to see if that is the problem, still slow. I just had someone come this morning and use my ethernet cord to plug into their laptop and the speedtest yielded about 4MB/sec. My computer's activity moniter says I'm receiving data from the internet at roughly 2.2 KB/sec which is ridiculous. I read on some posts that changing the DNS servers helped as well as disabling ipv6. I'm in a school computer lab right now, so I can't try those until later, but has anyone else experienced this same problem and fixed it in another way?
Oh, if this helps, I have tried using firefox and safari, both are slow. I am plugged directly into an ethernet port, no modem.

Thanks!

iMac with Intel, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 20, 2007 8:31 AM

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Mar 21, 2007 6:56 PM in response to Eric Kracinski

Hi Eric,

Great link and super advice! I just tried openDNS out on one computer and it is very noticeably faster to connect to sites! The Apple Forum now responds so much better, not like the old days, but so much better...

Thanks, Rick

iMac G5 iSight 20" - 30G iPOD in Slimming Black - Mac OS X (10.4.8) - HP Pav 15" WS and Toshiba Sat 17" WS LP's - Canon 20D & A620 Kodak P880

Mar 22, 2007 6:09 PM in response to cvc96

I have an update to my internet problems. Eric, I don't think I need to use any external programs, my internet should be fast. I have been trying several things; the strange thing being using wireless, the internet is extremely fast, and also plugged into a regular Linksys router with default settings it is really fast. But when you unplug it from the router and just plug it into the wall port it's slow again. Any thoughts on that?

Mar 22, 2007 6:42 PM in response to cvc96

"But when you unplug it from the router and just plug it into the wall port it's slow again."

Sorry, I must not be understanding what you're saying. You're expecting a fast connection without first connecting to your ISP with your user name and password? That is one of the main functions of the router, to provide that information to the ISP in exchange for a clear connection. That's why you have a good connection using the router for either wireless or ethernet.

Sure, you can get some sort of signal without the router, just like you can maybe get some level of cable TV signal without a set-top box.

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Mar 22, 2007 8:24 PM in response to myhighway

About that post, I'm on a college campus. My ISP is provided by the university and only a web login is required.
The router must have taken away or replaced some network preference that was
causing the problem by directly plugging in.
The problem is that it has worked before and this is new and nothing changed
to make the problem occur.
I need to know if there is some setting that my computer could have
turned on that I need to turn off.
Also, why does the airport connect great but being plugged in is so slow?

Mar 22, 2007 10:58 PM in response to cvc96

cvc96,
If the only time you have a problem is when you use an ethernet cable directly from your iMac to the ethernet port in the wall, you'll need to:

open the "Network" panel, at the bottom click on the "Assist me..." button. In the new drop-down click on the blue "Assistant..." button. When the "Network Setup Assistant" pane opens enter COLLEGE LAN as "Location Name:" and click the "Continue" button. On the next pane (How Do You Connect to the Internet?) choose "I connect to my local area network (LAN)." Then click the "Continue" button and the Assistant will attempt to make the configuration. The only other thing that might occur is that it will ask for the password, but once you enter that and it completes the configuration, you will see that you are connected.

Close the open panes, and quit, if necessary, any open Assistant applications (although they should all have quit your Dock on their own once they'd completed their work). When you again open the Network panel of System Preferences, you'll see that your "Location:" selector now contains the new location name that you added. When you want to switch to using AirPort to connect, or to using the router's ethernet port to connect, you'll want to change your "Location:" setting to the previous one you've been using so successfully. Please come back if this does not work for you. Enjoy:)

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