Improve Download Speed with Mobile Wireless Card

I just purchased a GT MAX 3.6 Express LaptopConnect Card from AT&T to allow mobile internet access. While I can connect to the internet, the speed is very slow (I'm getting 3 of 7 bars). I understand there might be a Mac "booster" I can purchase. Has anyone heard of such a thing? Or, do you know how I can improve my download speeds with a wireless card? Thanks kindly for your help on this...

I received M Q today. To my surprise, there is no way to connect M Q to PB or any computer. I called Verizon and talked with their data connect department. They confirmed that M Q cannot be used as a modem The only device that will is Treo 700p. I am returning the unit by FedEx today. Treo is xpensive. So I will downgrade from MBP to PB G4 15" and use Verizon's Broadband Wireless PCMCIA card

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Hello,
Experiencing very slow download speeds with Macbook Pro 2011, on Lion, and ATT UVerse Max, which should allow for an avg. 11-12 MBPS speed. Instead, I get a fluctuating 60-370 kbps speed. I am not experiencing this problem on my Windows machines (Laptop running Windows 7 and Desktop on XP), it is only affecting the Macbook pro. I wonder if this issue is a known problem with ATT U-Verse and Macs, I spent hours yesterday with their support online and they couldn't help me, stating that from their side all settings were OK; the first representative from ATT re-booted the router remotely and that seemed to work for about 10 minutes, and then it went back to a crawling speed...
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Thanks

Do you have QOS enabled in your router? Did you try plugging the win7 laptop directly and check the speed?

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[Solved] Communicating with nearby laptop with just wireless cards

Is there a way to communicate (e.g. exchange files) between a laptop with a wireless card and a nearby laptop that also has a wireless card, when there is no router nearby? Can two laptops with wireless cards communicate with each other without needing another device?
EDIT:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ad-hoc_networking
Last edited by yktula (2011-05-13 21:38:56)

Please mark the thread as [solved] by editing your title. Our wiki is awesome, as you've already found (more awesome than asking questions on the forums at least ).

Mobile Wireless card

hey there people, i would like to access the internet on my powerbook 12" even when there are no wi-fi spots available, for example there is a company in my country which provides me a mobile wireless card at really cheap rates and good service, so i would like to know how i can install da card on my powerbook as i dont think there is a PCMIA or wateva slot that is ! thnx in advance for the help.

Your bestbet is to take your computer to the Mobile Phone store and this way you know for sure that there product will work on your Mac.
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How to improve upload speeds with new Airport Extreme?

Hi!
Just plugged in a new Airport Extreme to replace a BT HomeHub 3.0. The wi-fi download speeds have generally increased over a wider range in the house but the wi-fi upload speeds have dropped to under 1Mbps.
Speeds to laptop linked via ethernet appear fine (both up & download).
Initially thought that I may have messed-up the set-up but the fact that the wired connection works fine makes me think this is something to do with the Airport settings - a scary thought as I don't really know much about this stuff.
As range was really the reason for getting the AP Extreme I'm contemplating plugging the HomeHub back in and just trying to use the AP to extend the old HHub system rather than setting up a new AP system...
Any suggestions would be most gratefully received!
Thanks

... just a quick note to say that the appears to be resolved after a long telephone call to apple service dept (very patient - very helpful).
In my naivety I had attempted to revert back to using the homehub (3.0) router and connecting the APExtreme into one of the Ethernet LAN ports but this didn't work! So called the apple helpline & we went back to basics until it worked. One point to note that may help anyone finding themselves in a similar position...
I had followed the instruction to reset the APEBS depressing the button first whilst powered then without power and during the unit being reconnected to power supply thinking tha this would do a full restore to factory defaults (effectively undoing all the messing- around I may have done flounderinng through the settings) but it was only when I was directed to do a full reset through the Airport Utility settings [Edit\Advanced\Restore Defaults] that this worked (for me).
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Over the last few months this has dropped to around 40mbps down and 12mbps up.
I posted here regarding the issue, contacted BT, and even Emailed the tech support guys recommended here on this very forum.
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The BT speedtester refuses to complete due to the test taking too long. However I have managed to get a screenshot from speedtest.net.
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I am at a complete loss and would like some advice on where to go from here. I have for all intents and purposes lost faith in the standard BT customer service having spent hours on the phone with them before when my speed dropped to 40mbps a few months ago.
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Hi
I also am having the exact same issue. I am on the phone now and they are telling me now that is all my line can handle.
This is disgusting, the service is disgusting, cannot get an engineer out. For over 10 months i could get 60mbps steady downloads now i can't
even stream a youtube video!!
even though i have another infinity 2 line in the downstairs living room getting 65mbps steady downloads from the same exchange.

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Is there any Internet Download Managerment Software for Mac OX ? Many thanks,

Is there any Internet Download Managerment Software
for Mac OX ? Many thanks,
There's also iGetter: http://www.igetter.net
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There are 2 utilities that do this for you:
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http://www.pimpmyosx.com
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Very slow download speed with Airport Express

Hi.
I've recently experienced painfully slow downlink (download) speed using Airport Express.
My WiFi configuration:
- main router: WRT54G connected to my provider (speed limit: 4Mbit up/down link),
- AirPort Express with WiFi N and Airtunes hooked up to stereo in living room,
- AirPort Express WiFi G and Airtunes connected to stereo on bedroom.
Second Airport is currently not used to simplify tests and description of my problem.
The problem: when connecting from MacBook to Airport Express I can't reach more than approx. 512kbit downloading from internet, usually even 300kbit, while uplink reaches easily 2.5Mbit (limited probably by my network provider). While connected to WRT54G I can get 2.5 up to 4Mbit downlink, same when using cable directly plugged in to WRT54G.
I tried changing channels, switching different options in Airport with no effect - still getting pathetic download speeds. Even worse - browsing experience is awful, with frequent slowdowns, etc.
I tried different encryption methods, and seems like only switching it off at all (unprotected network) seems to let my Airport work on full speed (2.5Mbits symmetrically up/down, up to 4Mbits - provider speed limit) - which is unacceptable, I refuse to set up and use unprotected network at home.
Problem is clearly in Airport or in interaction between Airport and Macbook. I've just ran out of ideas - can you help me?

I can't offer any help with your problem except for the fact that mine has recently done the exact same thing. It's ridiculous, for months and months it was extremely fast and then all of a sudden it takes 20 minutes to open a simple browser page. Something is definitely wrong with the airport because all other wireless internet connections from other routers are as usual. \

Very slow download speed with intermittent halts

Need some help.
I run Apple os/x latest version and have since yesterday begun to experience constant very slow download speeds.
I have rebooted the router and I have reset it. I have tested with wireless and wired into router. No real change.
The results are below and are pretty consistent no matter when or with what computer I test it with.
This is very frustrating and I would like to know if anyone has experienced this and if there is anything I can do before calling for service.
Thank you in advance.
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
SendBufferSize set to [131768]
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 5.44Mb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.94Mb/s
------ Client System Details ------
OS data&colon; Name = Mac OS X, Architecture = x86_64, Version = 10.8.2
Java data&colon; Vendor = Apple Inc., Version = 1.6.0_37
------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------
Client Receive Window detected at 359104 bytes.
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Link set to Full Duplex mode
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Normal duplex operation found.
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RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: ON
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: ON
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON
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Configure Solaris 10 with ath wireless card

So I'm in over my head on this one. I got a new laptop to tinker with, put OpenSolaris on it - integrated Broadcom wireless card didn't work, but my old DLink wireless card did. Yay. But I didn't like OpenSolaris. Too linux-y. So I went to something more familiar: Solaris 10. Only now the wireless card (neither of them, actually) doesn't work. I've googled and tried stuff for the past several hours and all I get is this:
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What stupid thing am I doing wrong?!
Thanks in advance for your help -
Caleb

alan.pae wrote:
Completely remove the driver
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init 6
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init 6
should work.
alanGot me closer, but it didn't work. I ended up going with Solaris Express Developer edition, and it worked out of the box. I really appreciate your help, though.
Do you have any recommended reading for delving into the depths of Solaris? I know enough to get myself into trouble and that's about it. I picked up the "Unix System Administration Handbook" (by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass and Trent Hein). I've learned a ton from there, which has really helped me get some of the basics, but it's not necessarily Solaris specific.
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If I connect the modem directly to the pc I get 4mb but when i connect the wireless router between them it goes down to 1mb.
I have call tech support, upgrade to version 1.52.0 but nothing change.
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I hope this helps someone in the future with this odd problem, that I see is rare but not unknown.
I have a P7-1222 which from new, would on about 1 in 10 powerups (i.e., random) have both CPU and case fans running full speed (several thousand RPM) making the machine very loud. They would reset to more normal speeds of ~ 1000 on a cold or hot reset.
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8. PCB Layout Guide
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