Such a slow connection - all of a sudden?

this is so frustrating!
i had a lot of issues with my macbook pro the end of last week. they decided it was so much of a hardware issue to just give me a new computer. they did a data transfer so all is well. i decided to change our internet to password protected last night (it hasnt been yet but i think our apartment neighbors are stealing it off us because in the last month or so its gotten much slower) i added a password (i think i did it righ!?) and now my internet is running REALLY slow. it takes forever for pages to pull up- some pages dont pull up - my ftp server is usually really fast and it is taking over 45 minutes right now..
could i have switched some settings when i changed to a password protected network? why else would a new computer (granted there is a lot on here that is coming off!) but my other computer had all the same information and was still very fast.
any insight would be awesome!
thanks in advance for your time,
keri

Maybe you have reached your qutoa of downloads, since your neighbours have been using your connection. Some internet providers limit download speed after you reach a certain amount.. find out, that could be your problem.. Simply putting a password on your account will not slow your connection, unless you have changed other settings...

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Very slow connection all of a sudden

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I have been connected with the HH3 for a week and a half now and the speed was getting up nicely (we were upto about 3/3.5mbps) but I accidentally pulled the plug out and then put it back in and ever since we have been on about 0.5/0.7mbps.
I have restarted it a couple of times and it just doesn't seem to get any quicker!
Any ideas?!
Thanks!

Hi,
It is best to keep the hub connected 24/7 without continuous restarts/ resets.
to help us find the problem with your connection please may you see the following steps below:
1) Are you connected by master or test socket?.
2) Can you please run a BT speed test http://speedtester.bt.com (not beta version)
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Slow internet connection all of a sudden x2

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It's highly unlikely to be any sort of 'virus' ...
What does http://www.speedtest.net/ show as your up/down speed?
Have you talked to your ISP about the drop in speed (may be them)?
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Slow bootup all of a sudden

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You could try to reformat the HDD and reinstall OS X again, though you're likely to hit the same error/timeout road block that tripped you up the first time if the hard drive is failing. So, alternatives:
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ADSL line status
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Connected
Connection time
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Downstream
8,064 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
15.6 dB / 31.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
21.0 dB / 11.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
19.8 dBm / 12.1 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / N/A
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
N/A / 0
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Mac book pro slow performance all of a sudden.. please help.

Mac book is running slow all of sudden. Please help debug the issue.

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Copy and paste its output in a reply.
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Brand new macbook with really slow internet all of a sudden? I have etrecheck please help!

Hey everyone,
My macbook air is just over a month old and has been working great until this week.
Weird things...
Firstly. I turned it on one day and it came up with an error saying my ip adress has been used by another device
Secondly. Random screen saver comes on when i have not changed any settings
FInally. My internet is ridiculously slow. The internet pages need to be refreshed constantly and half the time load after 10 mins or not at all.
My wifi is connected to my iphone which i have been using as internet as the speeds on that are not affectd.
I change my DNS to 8.8.8.8 and did not allow ipv6 with a restart and cleared cache like other forums recommended. Still did nothing but here is an etrecheck report.
Hardware Information:
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2
1 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 5000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 2 days 2:21:16
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SD0128F disk0 : (121.33 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 120.47 GB (52.45 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader 32.03 GB
DIGI CAMERA (disk2s1) /Volumes/DIGI CAMERA: 32.02 GB (31 GB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt     (0.0.67)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[System]     de.novamedia.nmnetmgrd.plist 3rd-Party support link
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[System]     com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System]     com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
[System]     com.divx.dms.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System]     com.divx.update.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
[System]     de.novamedia.VodafoneDeviceObserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
uTorrent
Vodafone Mobile Broadband
VMCStatusMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 3rd-Party support link
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DivX Web Player: Version: 3.1.0.13 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.44 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 3rd-Party support link
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Flip4Mac WMV 3rd-Party support link
Bad Fonts:
None
Old Applications:
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
Microsoft Error Reporting:     Version: 2.2.9 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Ship Asserts:     Version: 1.1.4 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
Solver:     Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Add-Ins/Solver.app
/Library/Application Support/DivX
DivXUpdate:     Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DivXMediaServer:     Version: 10.1 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DivXTransferWizard:     Version: 10.1.0 (Build 10.1.0.102) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DMSLaunch:     Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
Microsoft Graph:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Utility:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Office Reminders:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Upload Center:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
My Day:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
SyncServicesAgent:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Open XML for Excel:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Alerts Daemon:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Database Daemon:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Chart Converter:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Clip Gallery:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
Microsoft PowerPoint:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Excel:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Outlook:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Word:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Document Connection:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Microsoft Language Register:     Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Microsoft AutoUpdate:     Version: 2.3.6 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
DivX Converter:     Version: 10.1.0 (Build 10.1.0.166) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
DivX Player:     Version: 10.1.0 (Build 11.3.0.40) - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
    6%     uTorrent
    3%     Safari
    2%     WindowServer
    1%     Dock
    1%     Vodafone Mobile Broadband
Top Processes by Memory:
164 MB     Mail
131 MB     com.apple.IconServicesAgent
127 MB     Safari
102 MB     QuickTime Player
98 MB     WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
705 MB     Free RAM
1.77 GB     Active RAM
948 MB     Inactive RAM
625 MB     Wired RAM
603 MB     Page-ins
0 B     Page-outs

Tamara wrote:
I'd also suggest checking to see if you're in Airplane Mode (under Settings).
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Slow System all of a sudden

I recently reinstalled Arch, and everything was going great. My system seemed to be very snappy, and I was quite happy. Now, after a reboot, things have slowed down by a ton. My computer is an AMD 2.6 GHz dual core with 2 gigs of ram. However, gmrun now takes at least 3 seconds to load. 3 seconds isn't a long time I suppose, but for such a small program, it should be almost instant, especially since it takes about the same amount of time even when another instance is running. All other programs are starting a lot slower then they initially did.
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Gilneas wrote:Could it be related to an improperly set up /etc/hosts? (link)
My host name is 'rain'. Here is my hosts file:
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Painfully slow system all of a sudden

Hi there,
Today my system slowed to the pace of a snail, and I'd love some help from you guys to work out why. Here are the facts:
- EVERYthing was running slow, all applications, rather than just one. What I had open was: Mori, Appleworks, iTunes, Stickies and Firefox (which had about 30 tabs open, so I don't know if that may have caused it, but I do often have that many open and it's usually ok.) Even bringing up the login window after the screen saver had been on took almost a minute from when I pressed a key!
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http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/HeavenOnEarth/Picture9.png
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/HeavenOnEarth/Picture7.png
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b163/HeavenOnEarth/Picture6-1.png
I'll happily provide any more shots of particular areas of activity monitor if it would help.
I noticed that a widget 'UK TV Guide' was highlighted in red, but I can't figure out what that means. It seemed to be using alot of CPU considering it shouldn't even be doing anything, so I trashed it. I'd love to know why it showed up red if anyone knows. I had downloaded this only yesterday, so it would be the one variable that's changed recently that I can think of, but I'm hoping it wasn't causing the problem as I'd like to have that widget!
It did seem to me that it was Firefox that was taking up so much power on my CPU, as you can see on the pics, it's maxed out, and I'm not running something like Photoshop. It couldn't be spyware slowing me down could it? I didn't think there was any for Macs.
I did a shut down and came back and re-started half an hour later and now it's running fine, but I don't want this to happen again and I'd like to work out what was wrong. Today has been so frustrating for me, especially as I work from home online so my computer goes wrong it panics me a bit.
I've also recently had some issues that it's been waking up for no apparent reason just after I've set it to sleep. It also froze the other day for the first time ever i.e. mouse moved but clock stopped, couldn't get any reaction from clicking on things. I did a hardware test and verified my hard disk, and both were fine.
I have 512 MB of ram, so could it be I need to upgrade?
I'm also running 10.4.7, so maybe if I get the combo upgrade to 10.4.8, that could help.
I'd love some help on this, sorry the message is long, I was just trying to provide the info someone may need to help me figure what's wrong.
Thanks for your time,
Charity
iBook G4 12 inch Mac OS X (10.4.7) 80 GB internal Hard Drive

Thanks for your reply.
I think it must have been some Flash content, I could easily have had pages open with flash, coupled with my lack of RAM. I'm suprised I had too many programmes running, as I thought most of them were pretty un-demanding. My computer's usually works at a reasonable speed, so I think it must have been a particular page I was on at the time. You said Firefox uses alot of processor cycles; did you mean just Firefox or all web browsers? I don't want to change really, but it would help to know.
Still, I can upgrade my RAM by 1 GB, making a total of 1.5 GB. I'm strapped for cash right now, so unless this problem persists and I am forced to buy it now, I may wait a bit. I'll have to see how it goes.
I think my maintenence routine could be improved, although it's better than most people's.
- I always repair permissions before and after an upgrade, and I usually use the full combo upgrades.
- I don't use any apps to run CRON scripts right now, but I do have the widget 'Maintidget' which tells me when they were last run. I CAN also run the scripts from within that, but I'm not too sure whether that's wise, do you know if it's reliable and safe?
- I clean out my internet caches by using the 'Clear Private Data' tool in Firefox. I'm not sure if it came built in or was part of an extension, just incase it was and you have no idea what I'm on about!
- I don't defragment, use disk warrior or force prebind my system, but I do repair or verify my hard drive once in a while using Disk Utility.
Thanks for you help Gulliver, I'd appreciate if you'd briefly answer the other couple of quick questions in this post.
Charity

Extremely slow mac all of a sudden, Frequent SPOD

Today I started getting some pretty severe slowdown/performance problems with the Macbook Pro that I've been using.   My EtreCheck log sheet is attached at the end of this message.
What I was doing before -The last time I remember was that I was having issues with Firefox and did some "Force Quit" commands and then tried to re-install a fresh copy. I did not install MacKeeper or anything like that.
System-
2.5 GHz, Macbook Pro (13 inch display)
4 GB
Problems -
The problems started rather suddenly this morning.    Since then, the computer basically runs extremely slowly and crashes often. This includes frequent "spinning wheels of death" for programs/commands executed by mouse clicking. For programs that are not run by this the commands generally just 'hang' for various stretches of time.
Things I've done/checked -
So far, I've done several things to either fix the problem or diagnose it. No effects as far as I can see:
- used Activity Monitor to verify that the system is not paging the hard drive (i.e. that I'm out of RAM) and that there are no programs chewing up a large amount of CPU. .   System is not paging the hard drive no problems using a ton of CPU.
- cleared the Dynamic Link Editor Cache from here:
sudo update_dyld_shared_cache -force
- Used EtreCheck (output attached below).
Things I've noticed
- GUI-executed programs get the spinning wheel of death; those executed from command line hang.
- During a 'hang', different tabs of a web browser become invisible.
- If I execute IDL (a programming/image display language) from Terminal in a new directory, it hangs the first time or will hang periodically. If I exit and then execute again it loads progressively faster. Same thing happens with simple unix commands like "ls" or "pwd"
Things I've yet to do- I haven't run Disk Utility yet.   The initial time estimate for running it was very long, so I thought I would try to solve the problem in other ways first.
- I have not tried to wipe the hard drive.
EtreCheck log sheet
Problem description:
I have frequent “Spinning Wheel of Death” freezes for commands I execute with a GUI/mouse clicking, hanging with command line executables (e.g. in Terminal) and overall slowness.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated November 3, 2014 2:18:03 PM HST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 512 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0:44:30
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (105.83 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/ASD Standard Apps/Internet/FTP & SFTP clients/Transmit.app
[not loaded] com.panic.TransmitDisk.transmitdiskfs (4.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
/Applications/ASD Standard Apps/Utilities/Temperature Monitor 4.96/TemperatureMonitor.app
[not loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.1) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSB (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
/System/Library/Extensions/MotMobileUSB.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileMTP (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLAN (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBLANMerge (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.motorola-mobility.driver.MotMobileUSBSwch (1.1.8 - SDK 10.5) Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[running] com.motorola.motohelper.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[invalid?] com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.2.0.16   - SDK 10.8 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.3.7 - SDK 10.6 Support
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.5.0 - SDK 10.8 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20125.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 67 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Flip4Mac WMV Support
Java Support
TeXDistPrefPane Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: NO - Auto backup turned off
Destinations:
My Book [Local]
Total size: 2.00 TB
Total number of backups: 31
Oldest backup: 2012-09-22 01:18:32 +0000
Last backup: 2014-10-16 01:02:18 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 0 B X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
    10% Dropbox
    3% WindowServer
    3% Google Chrome
    3% Terminal
    2% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
146 MB Finder
112 MB Google Chrome
103 MB mds
94 MB Dropbox
60 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
1.32 GB Free RAM
1.48 GB Active RAM
236 MB Inactive RAM
1.25 GB Wired RAM
477 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

I followed what Linc recommended on another forum here, running the bash script he produced:
MacbookPro started running really slow. Please help...
The good news is that it doesn't look like I'm getting I/O errors. I am getting a lot of other things that are confusing to me.
Start time: 13:44:33 11/07/14
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2
System Version: OS X 10.8.5 (12F45)
Kernel Version: Darwin 12.5.0
Time since boot: 13 minutes
Log
   Nov 7 09:28:05 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:34:14 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:35:08 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:35:56 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:36:18 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:48:19 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:48:34 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:48:48 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:49:35 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:50:08 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:50:29 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:58:33 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 09:59:27 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 10:02:43 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 10:06:22 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 10:09:54 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid c8
   Nov 7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 41, loginwindow)
   Nov 7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 41, loginwindow)
   Nov 7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 140, Finder)
   Nov 7 10:10:43 PM notification timeout (pid 140, Finder)
   Nov 7 10:11:14 PM notification timeout (pid 31, powerd)
   Nov 7 11:07:37 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #2, bssid 00
   Nov 7 13:32:37 jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 36371968 to: 6909440 (joffset 0x1238a000)
   Nov 7 13:32:37 jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
   Nov 7 13:34:29 wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #8, bssid 00
I/O per process: kextcache (UID 0) is using 2 MB/s
kexts
   com.globaldelight.driver.
BoomDevice (1.1)
Daemons
   org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
   com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
   com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd
   com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
   com.google.keystone.daemon
   com.adobe.fpsaud
Agents
   org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
   com.motorola.motohelper
   com.google.keystone.system.agent
   com.adobe.ARM.UUID
launchd
   /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist
   -    com.apple.xprotectupdater
   /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
   -    com.google.keystone.system.agent
   /Library/LaunchAgents/com.motorola.motohelper.plist
   -    com.motorola.motohelper
   /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
   -    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
   -    com.adobe.fpsaud
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
   -    com.google.keystone.daemon
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
   -    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd.plist
   -    com.motorola-mobility.mmcfgd
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
   -    com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
   /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
   -    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
   Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.UUID.plist
   -    com.adobe.ARM.UUID
Bundles
   /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Flip4Mac WMA Import.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.import
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin
   -    com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewer
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
   -    com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewerNPAPI
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
   -    N/A
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
   -    net.telestream.wmv.plugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
   -    com.google.googletalkbrowserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
   -    com.apple.java.JavaAppletPlugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
   -    com.google.o1dbrowserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
   -    com.microsoft.sharepoint.browserplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
   -    com.microsoft.sharepoint.webkitplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin
   -    com.microsoft.SilverlightPlugin
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
   -    com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
   -    net.telestream.wmv.prefpane
   /Library/PreferencePanes/TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane
   -    comp.text.tex.distribution.preference
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.advanced
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.export
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
   -    net.telestream.wmv.import
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle
   -    com.skype.skypeabdialer
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABSMS.bundle
   -    com.skype.skypeabsms
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrCallABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrCallABPlugin
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrMsnABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrMsnABPlugin
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrSmsABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrSmsABPlugin
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/YMsgrYimABPlugin.bundle
   -    com.yahoo.YMsgrYimABPlugin
   Library/Services/GraphicConverter.service
   -    com.lemkesoft.graphicconverter.GraphicConverter-Service
Apps
   /Applications/Dropbox.app
Contents of /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent.plist (XML document text)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
       <key>Label</key>
       <string>com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent</string>
       <key>EnableTransactions</key>
       <true/>
       <key>LowPriorityIO</key>
       <true/>
       <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
       <string>Aqua</string>
       <key>LaunchEvents</key>
       <dict>
           <key>com.apple.distnoted.matching</key>
           <dict>
               <key>com.apple.airport.agent.prefschanged</key>
               <dict>
                   <key>Name</key>
                   <string>com.apple.airport.agent</string>
               </dict>
           </dict>
           <key>com.apple.bonjour.events</key>
           <dict>
               <key>com.apple.airport.agent.add</key>
   ...and 19 more line(s)
Contents of /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist (XML document text)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
       <key>Label</key>
       <string>com.apple.xprotectupdater</string>
       <key>ProgramArguments</key>
       <array>
           <string>/usr/libexec/XProtectUpdater</string>
       </array>
       <key>RunAtLoad</key>
       <true/>
       <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
       <dict>
           <key>Hour</key>
           <integer>2</integer>
           <key>Minute</key>
           <integer>4</integer>
       </dict>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Font issues: 36
DNS: 128.171.1.1
Wi-Fi
   link auth: none
Restricted files: 1767
Elapsed time (s): 2096

Internet won't connect all of a sudden...

One night I was on my internet, watching a baseball game, and everything was working perfectly. Then the next morning, I went to open my internet and it wouldn't connect. I checked the other two computers in the house (that are using the same AirPort) to make sure it wasn't just the internet, and they both were working fine. I checked my Network Status and the AirPort and AirPort Settings were both green but my Network Settings, ISP,Internet, and Server were all red. I changed my IP Address to match that of the desktop that was working and it changed my Network Settings to green, but now the ISP, Internet, and Server are still in the red. I called in for technical support to our Internet Provider and even they didn't know what was wrong. Has this ever happened to anyone? Does anyone know what I should do? Anything at this point would be appreciated.
Thanks In Advance....

Hi. I just received a Macbook myself, and I am having the exact same problems.
I was wondering if anyone could help me as well.

WRT54GX2 slow connection all the time, even when right next to it.

My connections are always dropping since I bought the router. Even when I am close to the router the connection is still slow. I keep my PC optimized always so I have ruled out the laptop. Are there any setting changes that I might try? I use my wireless connection only for my laptop.
Here are the stats:
WRT54GX2 - Firmware 1.01.18
Not sure what version I have (ver2 or ver1)
Connection Type - PPPoE
NAT - Yes
Unique SSID
G-only
Channel - 11
Broadcast - NO
Security Mode - WPA/WPA2
MAC filtering - YES
Basic Rate - set#2
Trans Rate - AUTO
Beacon Interval - 100
DTIM - 1
Frag Thres - 2346
RTS Thres - 2347
Laptop - IBM Thinkpad Z60M w/Atheros card
Thanks in Advance!

I used to recommend that "SSID Broadcast" be disabled for security reasons. But newer cracking methods have made this old trick practically worthless. So set "SSID Broadcast" to "enabled". This will help your computer find and lock on to your router's signal. You security comes from using WPA/WPA2 and a strong password.
Windows XP requires a patch to properly run WPA2. Go to Microsoft Knowledge base, article ID=893357 and it will direct you to the patch.
Sadly, the patch is not part of the automatic Windows XP updates, so lots of people are missing the patch.
Poor wireless connections are often caused by radio interference from other 2.4 GHz devices. This includes wireless phones, wireless baby monitors, microwave ovens, wireless mice and keyboards, wireless speakers, and your neighbor's wireless network. In rare cases, Bluetooth devices can interfere. Even some 5+ GHz phones also use the 2.4 Ghz band. Unplug these devices, and see if that corrects your problem.
In your router, try a different channel. There are 11 channels in the 2.4 GHz band. Usually channel 1, 6, or 11 works best. Check out your neighbors, and see what channel they are using. Because the channels overlap one another, try to stay at least +5 or -5 channels from your strongest neighbors. For example, if you have a strong neighbor on channel 9, try any channel 1 through 4.
Also, try to locate the router about 4 to 6 feet above the floor, in an open area. Do not locate it behind your monitor or near other computer equipment or speakers. The antenna should be vertical.
If the above does not correct your problem, download and install the latest driver for your wireless card.
If you are still having trouble, download and install (or re-install) the latest firmware for your router.
Hope this helps.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 08-04-2007 02:55 AM

Such a slow connection - all of a sudden?

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