Mac mini peaks at 30 Mbit/s

Hi all,
I have a Mac mini (Early 2010) connected with ethernet to an AirPort Extreme (bought 2010). The router is connected to 100 MBit/s connection.
Doing different speed test online with this setup gives an download speed of about 30 MBit/s, the same speed is recived with 5 GHz AirPort connection (the Mac mini is 0.5 meter from the AirPort Extreme.
I thought this bad performance had something to do with my Internet suplier or the router, but realized this was not the case. When connecting my MacBook Pro (2009) with 5 GHz AirPort I get a solid download speed of 95 MBit/s.
Knowing this I started to look if there could be some software or settings problems on the Mac mini and even made a fresh installation of Snow Leopard after I formated the hard drive but the bad performance remains.
Do you have any suggestions?
Regards
J4nus

I have a Mac mini (Early 2010) connected with ethernet to an AirPort Extreme (bought 2010). The router is connected to 100 MBit/s connection.
Doing different speed test online with this setup gives an download speed of about 30 MBit/s, the same speed is recived with 5 GHz AirPort connection (the Mac mini is 0.5 meter from the AirPort Extreme.
Do you have any suggestions?
I would suggest changing the Mac Mini's Ethernet setting, as follows:
System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > Advanced > Ethernet
Configure: Manually
Speed: 1000baseT
Duplex: full-duplex, flow-control
MTU: Jumbo (9000)

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Any ideas on how to get sound on my mac mini with garageband? Thanks, Jon

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Using the Mac external speakers is not the best way to go when recording. Actually, without an interface, you're probably better off turning the Monitor Off when recording. When you record a second track - if you're using a mic - it can pick up the first track playing back. You're better off plugging headphones into the output jack.

Using 802.11ac USB adapter on Mid 2010 Mac Mini Server

I recently read an article about the 802.11ac connection and it mentioned if you use a USB adapter on a USB 2.0 connection you will lose much of the intended speed. Does anyone know if there is a way around this, like a FireWire USB adapter or is it possible to install a USB 3.0 port on my Mac Mini?
I looked at my PHY Link Speed in the Network Utility and it matches the 802.11 Adapter specifications of 867 Mbit/s.

Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          Mac mini
Model Identifier:          Macmini4,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.66 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          8 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MM41.0042.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.65f2
Serial Number (system):
Hardware UUID:          7BF77715-AB79-5101-86D0-5ED301D18E8
Thanks

Logitech S 530: Mac Mini sometimes doesn't recognise the keyboard/mouse

Hi!
I bought the Logitech S 530 for my Mac Mini Intel Core Solo some weeks ago. Sometimes the mac doesn't recognize the keyboard/mouse set and the Logitech Control Center say "No logitech-hardware found". And then all the extra buttons on my mouse and keyboard doesn't work. A simple restart doesn't solve the problem. Often I habe to switch of the computer or even deinstall und reinstall the driver. I wrote to the Logitech Support, and they told me to delete as a root-user some files and then to reinstall the Logitech Control Center. I did it, but the problem wasn't solved. Even if the Logitech Control Center told me, that the hardware wasn't found, the system profiler say:
USB Receiver:
Version: 22.40
Bus-Strom (mA): 500
Geschwindigkeit: Bis zu 1,5 MBit/s
Hersteller: Logitech
Produkt-ID: 0xc50c
Hersteller-ID: 0x046d
Does anyone have a idea about this problem?
Thank you,
Sebastian

Hi!
Has it continued to work alright since your last post
on Sept. 30?
Yes, it works very good (as you can read, because I type on it!)
But I got some news from the APE-Support:
They told me, that this message in the system.log isn't a error message: "You'll see these messages simply to inform that Application Enhancer cannot and does not affect processes owned by root. They are purely informative." Then I asked, why this "information" is written in the system.log I got another mail. They told me, that this message came from a maxtor software, which I installed to use my externel drive. and: "The maxtor software doesn't use APE at all. APE is saying it cannot affect the software in any manner, in case you were expecting it to work with the maxtor software. I'm not sure if that maxtor software even works. If you don't use the button on your maxtor drive, you can just disable the maxtor software completely."
So, I seems that there is a problem between this logitech driver with APE and the Maxtor-Stuff. But, Ashleyn, do you use the maxtor software too?

Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter and Mac mini (2009)

Can anyone tell me whether the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter listed here:
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/M9319G/A
works with the latest Mac mini (early 2009)?
If it does not what other solutions are there to connect to composite, component or s-video?

KC from Ann Arbor, MI had this to say as a review on the page to which you have linked;
10-May-2009
I bought a Mac Mini (May 2009) and this Mini-DVI to Video adapter with plans to use it to send an S-video signal to an analog TV. Though the sales staff at the Apple store said it should work, it does not. The graphics card apparently should support it, and it may be addressed with a future driver update, but as of now this does not work. I have used a mini-DVI to VGA adapter and monitor to verify that the port is working, and also verified that the S-video cable and TV input work. There are third party VGA to S-video/RCA adapters available so I plan to use one of those for my purposes. This is probably a 5-star product when used with the right Mac; however, Apple should have made it clear that having a mini-DVI port on your Mac is necessary but not sufficient for this to work - hence the 3 stars.

Mac mini peaks at 30 Mbit/s

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