MacBook Pro slower than iMac wifi

My MacBook Pro (2 yrs old), is MUCH slower on our wifi network, than my imac (5 yrs old).
The MBP is actually closer to the router, and when I run speedtest.net, the imac is showing better/faster results than the MBP.
Any ideas would be great.
thanks

The operating systems are the same, as well as browsers. This has been going on for some time now. I notice it especially when updating software, like iphone, from the Apple servers via itunes or app store.
Regular web browsing with Safari is also much slower on the MBP. I usually have it connected to the power cord too, so that's probably not it. any other ideas?
Ill try disabling IPv6
thanks!

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New MacBook Pro slower than a snail

I have just upgraded to a new MacBook, and am having speed issues, first with Mountain Lion and now with Mavericks. It seems as though almost all operations, even selecting a file in the Finder, bring up the beach ball of death, and opening applications like Keynote or Pages can take 30 or more seconds. I am not here to knock Apple, although as a 20+ year user I am disappointed since this is the first time I have ever encountered anything lke this, but I am lost as to where to begin to correct this. Below is the latest EtreCheck output -any suggestions will be gratefully received.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 512 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
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          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 6 days 22:2:30
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted>: 499.25 GB
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
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Kernel Extensions:
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          com.microsoft.kext.scep_kac          (4.5.9)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
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User Launch Agents:
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          [failed] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
          [loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist
User Login Items:
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3rd Party Preference Panes:
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          Kensington MouseWorks
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Bad Fonts:
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                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Database Utility.app
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                    /Applications/Utilities/iCal Dupe Deleter.app
Time Machine:
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Top Processes by CPU:
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Virtual Memory Statistics:
          41 MB    Free RAM
          724 MB Active RAM
          686 MB Inactive RAM
          803 MB Wired RAM
          8.66 GB Page-ins
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First, back up all data immediately unless you already have a current backup. If you can't back up, stop here. Do not take any of the steps below.
Step 1
This diagnostic procedure will query the log for messages that may indicate a system issue. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | open -ef
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key.
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, stop here and post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
Step 2
There are a few other possible causes of generalized slow performance that you can rule out easily.
Disconnect all non-essential wired peripherals and remove aftermarket expansion cards, if any.
Reset the System Management Controller.
Run Software Update. If there's a firmware update, install it.
If you're booting from an aftermarket SSD, see whether there's a firmware update for it.
If you have a portable computer, check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
If you have many image or video files on the Desktop with preview icons, move them to another folder.
If applicable, uncheck all boxes in the iCloud preference pane. See whether there's any change.
Check your keychains in Keychain Access for excessively duplicated items.
Boot into Recovery mode, launch Disk Utility, and run Repair Disk.
If you have a MacBook Pro with dual graphics, disable automatic graphics switching in the Energy Saverpreference pane for better performance at the cost of shorter battery life.
Step 3
When you notice the problem, launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.
Select the CPU tab of the Activity Monitor window.
Select All Processes from the View menu or the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected.
Click the heading of the % CPU column in the process table to sort the entries by CPU usage. You may have to click it twice to get the highest value at the top. What is it, and what is the process? Also post the values for User, System, and Idle at the bottom of the window.
Select the Memory tab. What value is shown in the bottom part of the window for Swap used?
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If you have more than one user account, you must be logged in as an administrator to carry out this step.
Launch the Console application in the same way you launched Activity Monitor. Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
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Select the 50 or so most recent entries in the log. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combinationcommand-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V). You're looking for entries at the end of the log, not at the beginning.
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Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
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Is i7 MacBook Pro faster than iMac?

Hi,
Trying to decide between laptop/iMac to buy... Probably a silly question, but I'm not sure how old the current iMacs and MacBook Pros are (When were each released?). What I'd like to know is whether the 15inch MacBook Pro with i7 processor has the same, or a faster processor, than is available on any of the iMacs?
I know nothing about processors/RAM other than the bigger the number, the faster, right - but when it comes to which is dual core and which is quad and all that, things get confusing.
1. Currently which is faster?
2. How comfortably could I get away with heavy duty HD video editing (probably AVCHD format) on Final Cut Pro on the laptop?
thanks in advance
Ross

Get the iMac of you want more speed.
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Is standard Macbook pro slower than the MBP Retina

Is standard Macbook pro 13 with i7, 8GB RAM, going to be slower than the macbook pro retina?

farooq_opf,
the higher-end non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro comes with a 2.9 GHz Core i7 CPU. The higher-end Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro comes with a 2.8 GHz Core i7 CPU. Both of these models are dual-core CPUs. The 15-inch Retina models have slower, quad-core CPUs. Whether the higher-end non-Retina dual-core CPU or one of the Retina quad-core CPUs is faster depends upon the particular task that you’re trying to do; for tasks that lend themselves to multithreaded processing, the quad-core CPU will probably finish faster, despite having a slower CPU.

Brand new Macbook Pro slower than my 2006 Macbook

I bought a new Macbook Pro last month and upgraded the RAM to 4 GB and the hard drive to 500 GB. My previous Mac was a mid-2006 Macbook with 2 GB RAM.
I was expecting it to be noticeably faster than my 2006 Macbook (which is still running Tiger/10.4), but it isn't. Two things are particularly noticeable.
1) Startup time. The 2006 Macbook is 5 or 10 seconds faster starting up.
2) Safari. Safari is a couple of seconds faster loading identical websites on the 2006 Macbook. I tried updating Safari on the Macbook Pro to the new Safari 4 beta, and that is slightly faster, but still noticeably slower than on my Macbook.
I've tried running the set of Applescripts called "Maintenance" (available on the web) to do all regular maintenance tasks.
I've run software update. Everything is up to date.
Any suggestions of other things I should be checking to try to improve the speed of my Macbook Pro are much appreciated.
I find it really mystifying that performance is so noticeably worse on a brand new, much more powerful machine.
Thanks

Thanks for the replies.
In re the OS, I personally don't see many significant improvements in OS 10.5. Sure, little things here and there, but major power improvements over 10.4 that should cause startup time to be slower? I don't see it. I'm surprised in the design phase Apple's software engineers would allow longer startup time (always one of their biggest selling point over the Windows world) in return for such things as being able to hit the space bar in the finder to open a document quickly. I'm not using Time Machine, for instance, so that shouldn't be slowing down startup... or at least actually loading it in functioning mode shouldn't be slowing things down.
In re Safari, I'm doing as scientific a test as I possibly can here at home. Both computers sitting right next to each other, connected to the same network wirelessly, clicking on the same web link at exactly the same time. My 2006 Macbook is consistently faster at loading the page. Even more, it is significantly faster at loading the page to a "usable" point. For instance, if I click on the main page of the New York Times, the 2006 Macbook will load faster and will let me scroll down much earlier in the load process. On the 2009 MBP, the page shows up a few seconds slower, and it takes another few seconds more before the spinning beach ball stops and I can scroll down on the page. This is true both with Safari 3 and 4 on the MBP.
I just find it weird that a much more powerful computer, with a "new, improved" operating system and twice the amount of RAM, is noticeably more sluggish on these really basic tasks.
My next step is to go to the Apple store and try to compare mine to some other MBPs...
I have issues with some developments at Apple recently. For instance, the gen 2 iPod shuffle strikes me as a perfect design. Does it need to be smaller? Moving the controls to the headset seems really weird to me, much less convenient than the old one. I know that comment is OT, I just am starting to wonder about some decisions at Apple.
Not enough to make me complain seriously... I still vastly prefer Apple to the other options. But that sense I had for years that somebody really smart is paying attention to all these details and getting them right... that's starting to fade away for me. On the other hand, I do not have an iPhone and I think it's clear a lot of Apple's resources are going into the iPhone these days.

New Macbook Pro slower than old one.

I recently got a new Macbook Pro, unibody, with 2.8 Ghz core 2 duo and 4 GB Ram. I am upgrading from a Macbook Pro with the previous body design, that is 2.5 Ghz core 2 duo and came with 2GB RAM but I upgraded to 4GB myself.
I got the new MBP, migrated some applications and my settings. Now when I start Firefox I sometimes get the spinning beach ball for a few moments before my homepage loads. Also for example, if I have 2 tabs open, with one playing a youtube video in the background and I'm browsing in the other, the video will stutter and I'll get the beach ball for a few moments when I try to go to another page. This happens no matter what browser I try (Firefox, Safari, Camino). And it never happens on my older MBP, it's a little annoying that a system that is 2 years older seems to perform better.
Any ideas or tips?

You might want to check that you have selected a startup disk as "Macintosh HD" so the OS x knows where to boot from. If there is no selection under startup items in System Preferences then boot up is delayed by a few seconds as OS X would look for a functional startup disk.
Check and see if this works for you in bringing down boot times.
PS> Also check what login items you have in the lisr under Account.

Why is the MacBook Pro slower than my G4 1.25mhz?

I have been having issues with my MBP for a while now. It was 1.5 G of RAM and has been optimized. My iMovie runs very slow and it takes forever sometimes to empty the trash. It is just a very sensitive system? I can throw almost anything at my desktop and it operates fine. I thought the MBP would be blazing and its not. I understand that some of the applications I use are not native, but it shouldn't be running this slow. I have about 30gigs left on the hard drive also. Can anyone help?

Using a third-party optimizer (i.e., defragmenter) is risky on Intel Macs. I'm not sure there are any compatible defraggers. Improper defragging could be the cause of your problem. Transferring applications that were all PPC apps that have now replaced the pre-installed Intel apps. No wonder things are slow.
I suspect you need to erase the drive and reinstall the OS or at the very least repair the hard drive then do an Archive and Install.
For future reference OS X does not require defragmentation. OS X defrags all files under 20 MBs on the fly.
Here's some useful info on migrating from PPC to Intel Macs:
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3 or G4 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
Kernel extensions
Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
In addition to the above you could also have problems with migrated cache files and/or cache files containing code that is incompatible.
If you migrate a user folder that contains any of these items, you may find that your Intel-Mac is malfunctioning. It would be wise to take care when migrating your systems from a PowerPC platform to an Intel-Mac platform to assure that you do not migrate these incompatible items.
If you have problems with applications not working, then completely uninstall said application and reinstall it from scratch. Take great care with Java applications and Java-based Peer-to-Peer applications. Many Java apps will not work on Intel-Macs as they are currently compiled. As of this time Limewire, Cabos, and Acquisition are available as universal binaries. Do not install browser plug-ins such as Flash or Shockwave from downloaded installers unless they are universal binaries. The version of OS X installed on your Intel-Mac comes with special compatible versions of Flash and Shockwave plug-ins for use with your browser.
The same problem will exist for any hardware drivers such as mouse software unless the drivers have been compiled as universal binaries. For third-party mice the current choices are USB Overdrive or SteerMouse. Contact the developer or manufacturer of your third-party mouse software to find out when a universal binary version will be available.
Also be careful with some backup utilities and third-party disk repair utilities. Disk Warrior (does not work), TechTool Pro (pre-4.5.1 versions do not work), SuperDuper (newest release works), and Drive Genius (untested) may not work properly on Intel-Macs. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries.
Before migrating or installing software on your Intel-Mac check MacFixit's Rosetta Compatibility Index.
Additional links that will be helpful to new Intel-Mac users:
Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
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Is is possible to move/migrate everything from my partners macbook pro to my iMac on a separate user account?

Hi there,
My wife just finished uni and has no need for her laptop any longer. I have an iMac that she has created a user account on and now uses this more than her macbook pro. We want to give her macbook away so someone can use it however im not sure how to move everything from her macbook pro to my imac and her user account.
Im not even sure if this is possible. Ive tried the Migration assistant but im scared i will wipe my iMac and everything i have on it.
Basically we both want to use the same computer, 2 different user accounts and she doesnt want to lose anything she had on her macbook pro.
I would appreciate some help =)

On the iMac log into your wife's account, then open System Preferences and select the Sharing tab. In the left window pane select File Sharing and look at the top to see the iMac's name. Then log in on her notebook and open a Finder window. In the sidebar to the left you should see Favorites and a list of folders, Devices and a couple of items, and then Shared and under shared you should see the iMac's name you saw previously. Click on it and the Finder window will change, a dark bar will appear near the top and to the right in that dark bar you should see a Connect button. Your wife should enter her account name on the iMac and her password. Now the window should display a short list of folders, one of which has the name of her account. Click on it and you'll see the folders on the iMac. Now she can simply drag and drop files from the notebook to the folders of the iMac.
Note: if there aren't too many files it may be simpler to just use a flash drive.

How do I get iCloud to share info from my macbook pro to my iMac? I have all the updates on both but I am SO lost!!!

I am having a heck of a time syncing my macbook pro with my iMac. I have all the updates and followed the instructions on apple.com, but there is no communication with either device nor an option that I find to sync them up. When I turn on photo stream on either device, it only selects a few, maybe 1,000 out of the nearly 10,000 photos I have. I try selecting all and then choosing photo stream but with no luck. I know there's a lot of you smart people out there who know what I'm doing wrong. Please help!!!

The following is from this Apple document, iCloud: Photo Stream FAQ, and will help you understand how Photo Stream works:
My Photo Stream
When you take photos on an iOS device, or import photos from your digital camera to your computer, My Photo Stream can automatically upload your new photos to iCloud and push them to all of your other devices.
When do photos upload to My Photo Stream?
How long are My Photo Stream photos stored in iCloud?
The photos you upload to My Photo Stream are stored in iCloud for 30 days to give your devices plenty of time to connect and download them.
How many photos are stored in My Photo Stream on my devices and computers?
iCloud pushes all your photos to the My Photo Stream album on your devices and computers, and manages them efficiently, so you don’t run out of storage space.
Your iOS devices keep a rolling collection of your last 1000 photos in the My Photo Stream album. From there, you can browse your recent photos or move the ones you like to your Camera Roll or another album to keep them on your device forever.
Since your Mac and PC have more storage than your iOS devices, you can choose to have all of your My Photo Stream photos automatically downloaded. In iPhoto or Aperture preferences on your Mac, be sure to select Photo Stream > My Photo Stream > Automatic Import. All of your photo stream photos will be imported into your Events, Projects, Photos, Faces, and Places folders in iPhoto or Aperture. On your PC with Photo Stream enabled in the Control Panel, all of your photos will be imported into C:\Users\<user name>\Pictures\Photo Stream\My Photo Stream.
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My MacBook Pro will connect to WiFi but will not work in one location but will at others. I have the same issue with my IPhone 4S at the same location.

My MacBook Pro will connect to Wifi at one location (this is a secure location) but will not allow access to the internet. I will put in the password but will not display page. Other wifi capable devises do not have this issue but my Mac and my Iphone 4S will not work. I have tried restarting the router. All other wifi locations I have been to have not had this issue. Any suggestions? I am realtively new to Apple products (less than a year) so any advise is greatly appreciated.

The other devices that are working got on with the same password. It says it is connected. Just nothing works on the internet.

Is it true that in order to use the continuity in Yosemite you must have a Macbook Pro newer than 2013?

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from a third-party site:
In addition to Yosemite, iOS 8.1 and a carrier tethering plan, Instant Hotspot will require an iPhone 5 or newer; a mid-2012 or newer MacBook Air or MacBook Pro; an iMac or Mac mini made since late 2012; or a late 2013 Mac Pro. Instant Hotspot can also be shared from an iPhone with a fourth-generation iPad or newer, any iPad mini model, or a fifth-generation iPod touch.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/10/17/yosemite-updaters-will-need-to-wait-fo r-mondays-ios-81-launch-for-sms-relay-instant-hotspot

I want to move Garageband '11 from my macbook pro to my imac.

I want to move Garageband '11 from my macbook pro to my imac. How can i do this simply? Migraiton assistant wants to move all my apps. Can i pick just one?

AFAIK, Garageband is part of the iLife 11 suite, so you either need to move all or none of it. And, the SLA mentions specifically that it can only be installed on one Mac at a time - that is for the regularly purchased (or included with the system) disks. If you purchased it at the App store separately, then you should be able to have it on more than one computer. See this SLA excerpt:
2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. Single Use. The Apple Software is being licensed to you as a bundle and allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeledcomputer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one Apple-labeled computer at a time, and you may not make theApple Software available over a network where it could be used by multiple computers at the same time. You may make one copy of the Apple Software inmachine-readable form for backup purposes only; provided that the backup copy must include all copyright or other proprietary notices contained on theoriginal.

I upgraded a MacBook Pro and a iMac to 10.8.3

I upgraded a MacBook Pro and a iMac to 10.8.3.
Formerly the MB Pro was on 10.8.2 and working like a charm. (Lion, not Mt. Lion.)
Now both machines are working ok, just really slow. It takes almost a minute to open mac applications, like mail and Safari. I feel like they are both running like my old dial-up internet connection years ago.
I am so distressed, because it looks like it will be a huge deal to downgrade to earlier version.
I have not tried the combo update since I was so disgusted by all the time I had wasted. Do you think it is still worth a try?
Thanks!

Try starting in Safe Mode and see if the problem still occurs?
Restart holding the "shift" key.
(Expect it to take longer to start this way because it runs a directory check first.)
Does this make a difference?

Transferring info from a MacBook pro to an imac

I currently have a MacBook pro and am considering getting a new iMac, I was wondering if there was any way to transfer all of my info on my MacBook pro to the iMac through Bluetooth or through my wireless network in my home some way. I was just wondering what the easiest way to transfer all of my info including iTunes to the new computer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Your best bet is to use +Setup Assistant+ when your shiny new Mac first starts up. See [Setting up a new Mac from an old one or its backups|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/Setup.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Snow Leopard > Installation and Setup+ forum).
You can do that directly from the old Mac, via FireWire or Ethernet (in theory you can do it via WIFI, but it will take forever).
Or you can transfer from the old Mac's backups, if they're full Time Machine backups or a "bootable clone," on either a USB or FireWire drive.

Any reason why my MacBook Pro keeps dropping the WiFi signal - will be fine for ages and then just drops it!, Any reason why my MacBook Pro keeps dropping the WiFi signal - will be fine for ages and then just drops it!

Any reason why my MacBook Pro keeps dropping the WiFi signal - will be fine for ages and then just drops it! Does it at home and work so not either broadband connection

jp270759 wrote:
Hi. MAny thanks for the answer. Am new to Apple - what's the "real" MacBook Pro forum?
I would like to know also!
For your issue - Solution may be found if you search in the "More Like This" section over in the right column.
Change your router channel. Sometimes this is all you will have to do.
Power cycling the router. Read the router's user manual or contact their tech support for instructions.
System Preferences/Internet & Network/Network
Unlock the padlock
Locations: Automatic
Highlight Airport
Click the Assist Me button
In the popup window click the Diagnostic button.
System Preferences/Network- Unlock padlock. Highlight Airport. Network Name-select your name. Click on the Advanced button. Airport/Preferred Networks-delete all that is not your network.
Place a check mark next to "Remember networks this computer has joined." Click the OK button and lock the padlock. Restart your computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1920 Mac OS: How to release and renew a DHCP lease
No internet connection (wireless)
Check to see if an extra entry is present in the DNS Tab for your wireless connection (System Preferences/Network/Airport/Advanced/DNS).
Delete all extra entries that you find.
Place a check mark next to "Remember networks this computer has joined."
Other resources to check into:
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi issues in OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6
Netspot
How to diagnose and resolve Wi-Fi slow-downs
Pv6 troubleshooting
Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Solving problems with connecting to the Internet
What Affects Wireless Internet?
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