Macbook slows down at the same time every day.

I know this makes me sound crazy, but my Macbook (running Mac OS X) starts to get inexplicably sluggish at the same time every day – roughly between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Applications start temporarily freezing up and I get that beachball-looking thing, and I have to force quit applications because they won't quit normally. I have McAffee virus protection through my school and a full scan reveals nothing. I also have the latest security updates.
The applications I run on a given day are pretty typical: Chrome, Acrobat, Dropbox, Twitter desktop and Word. I never download any unauthorized software or shady files. No idea what it could be, but it is not just in my head. Any educated guesses?

Is the McAffee anti virus set to scan automaticaly around 4:30 -5:00?
.....you might want to open Activity Monitor and check what apps are running and check their CPU usage.......sounds like something is running in the background.....

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Disconnecting roughly at the same time every day.

Hi
I hope I have posted this in the right forum.
I have a homehub 5 and I am currently on BT Infinity 2.
Every day between 17:00-17:20 my router disconnects and reboots itself. I've noticed in the Boot section of the Hub's Event Log the words "Watchdog Reset". Is there a problem with my router?
The disconnects happen whether I'm using the internet or not.
Below is an small portion of the HH5 boot log.
Time and date Message
18:21:52, 11 Feb.
( 37.750000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
18:21:32, 11 Feb.
( 18.040000) System start
18:16:36, 10 Feb.
( 36.530000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
18:16:17, 10 Feb.
( 17.700000) System start
18:16:17, 10 Feb.
( 17.700000) Boot reason: watchdog reset
18:05:55, 08 Feb.
( 38.090000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
18:05:35, 08 Feb.
( 17.820000) System start
18:00:35, 07 Feb.
( 36.460000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
18:00:16, 07 Feb.
( 17.750000) System start
17:55:09, 06 Feb.
( 36.290000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
17:54:50, 06 Feb.
( 17.600000) System start
17:49:22, 05 Feb.
( 36.900000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
17:49:03, 05 Feb.
( 17.540000) System start
17:43:40, 04 Feb.
( 37.050000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
17:43:20, 04 Feb.
( 17.110000) System start
17:38:10, 03 Feb.
( 37.450000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
17:37:50, 03 Feb.
( 17.910000) System start
17:32:59, 02 Feb.
( 34.710000) System up, firmware version: 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A)
17:32:40, 02 Feb.
( 15.230000) System start
Any ideas what is causing this and how I can fix it?
I've also put router info at the end of this post.
From
Ian Brooks
1. Product name:
BT Home Hub
2. Serial number:
+068343+NQ41706425
3. Firmware version:
Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A) Last updated 16/01/15
4. Board version:
BT Hub 5A
5. DSL uptime:
0 days, 02:43:45
6. Data rate:
20000 / 78563
7. Maximum data rate:
21879 / 78549
8. Noise margin:
6.3 / 6.6
9. Line attenuation:
9.7 / 10.8
10. Signal attenuation:
9.6 / 10.8
11. Data sent/received:
7.4 MB / 61.8 MB
12. Broadband username:
[email protected]
13. BT Wi-fi:
Yes
14. 2.4 GHz Wireless network/SSID:
BTHub5-X8C6
15. 2.4 GHz Wireless connections:
Enabled (802.11 b/g/n (up to 144 Mb/s))
16. 2.4 GHz Wireless security:
WPA2
17. 2.4 GHz Wireless channel:
Automatic (Smart Wireless)
18. 5 GHz Wireless network/SSID:
BTHub5-X8C6-5ghz
19. 5 GHz Wireless connections:
Enabled (802.11 a/n/ac (up to 1300 Mb/s))
20. 5 GHz Wireless security:
WPA2
21. 5 GHz Wireless channel:
Automatic (Smart Wireless)
22. Firewall:
Default
23. MAC Address:
40:f2:01:16:bf:e8
24. Modulation:
G.993.2 Annex B
25. Software variant:
AA
26. Boot loader:
1.0.0

mr_maximus wrote:
I dont have an answer for you unfortunately. But I am experiencing the same kind of problem. Maybe sharing this may help.
Last week I noticed that my router was disconnecting every night at around 9:00pm.
Since last weekend it has changed its routine and now disconnects at around 11:00pm. I have also had the watchdog reset message in the log but only once.
see my post https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity-Speed-Connection/Night-time-disconnections-and-watchdog-rese...
Around the time of the disconnection, my hub also seems to go back by an hour, and then resets the time to the correct time after NTP sync. see below. Does yours do this?
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23:07:11, 10 Feb.
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23:07:11, 10 Feb.
( 174.260000) CWMP: Session start now. Event code(s): '4 VALUE CHANGE'
23:07:10, 10 Feb.
( 173.890000) CWMP: Initializing transaction for event code 4 VALUE CHANGE
23:06:34, 10 Feb.
( 137.410000) CWMP: session completed successfully
23:06:34, 10 Feb.
( 137.230000) CWMP: HTTP authentication success from https://pbthdm.bt.mo
00:05:56, 11 Feb.
( 116.150000) CWMP: Server URL: https://pbthdm.bt.mo; Connecting as user: ACS username
Also, do you see any of the CWMP messages like the one in my log, happening at around the same time?
I suspect that these CWMP are somehow triggering the disconnections, and it has something to do with the last firmware update that happened mid-January.
Someone suggested that I should perform a factory reset of the hub.
I'm a little reluctant to do so as this turns the openwifi service back on as default, and in the past I have had problems restoring my backed up settings. as the saved config file was corrupted.
I am considering giving the factory reset a go when I have some time at the weekend.
You may want to give it a go also.
Yes, it seems I have the CWMP messages as well.
I have just done a factory reset on my home hub 5 and will keep an eye on it over the next few days.
Thanks for your reply.

Wireless Router cuts out at the same time every day.

I'm having an issue with my WRT160N router. I'm noticing that my internet connection cuts out for about 5 minutes every day in between 5:30-7:30 pm. Without fail, every single day, I can count on it going out for about 5 minutes during this time. The desktop, which is wired, remains working during this time. I'm at my wits end here, since I'm an online student, and this is my best time to schedule quizzes and exams.
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Also change the network name to some unique name.
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Click on the Wireless tab
- Here select manual configuration...Wireless Network mode should be mixed...
- Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box.
Click on Advanced Wireless Settings
Change the Beacon Interval to 75 >>Change the Fragmentation Threshold to 2304, Change the RTS Threshold to 2304 >>Click on "Save Settings"...
For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
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Hello,
Im a big fan of detective shows and I like to watch Diagnosis Murder on BBC1 at 2:15pm every day but the problem is as soon as the show starts the screen goes completely black and even BBC2 goes black I can still hear sound in the background on both channels though. The only way to get the picture back is for me to navigate to ITV1 and then back to BBC1 and the picture comes back perfectly fine.
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I have been getting help from the MODs in the last week about the SNR on my line. But this weekend, my line was set to 9dB and in the morning it is synced at about 5600 kbps. But then at about 6PM the line goes down and it syncs lower at about 4800 kbps. The noise isn't getting really low and it's disconnecting because of that. It disconnects when the line is at about 8.5dB. So what's going on?
I have been getting help from the MODs in the last week about the SNR on my line. But this weekend, my line was set to 9dB and in the morning it is synced at about 5600 kbps. But then at about 6PM the line goes down and it syncs lower at about 4800 kbps. The noise isn't getting really low and it's disconnecting because of that. It disconnects when the line is at about 8.5dB. So what's going on?
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RxPkts
Collisions
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Rx B/s
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WAN
PPPoA
590273
842858
0
2592
35849
07:45:01
LAN
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43675
0
2179
321
07:46:02
WLAN
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803034
558248
0
34541
2643
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448 kbps
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23.0 db
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23.0 db
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I have been getting help from the MODs in the last week about the SNR on my line. But this weekend, my line was set to 9dB and in the morning it is synced at about 5600 kbps. But then at about 6PM the line goes down and it syncs lower at about 4800 kbps. The noise isn't getting really low and it's disconnecting because of that. It disconnects when the line is at about 8.5dB. So what's going on?
I have been getting help from the MODs in the last week about the SNR on my line. But this weekend, my line was set to 9dB and in the morning it is synced at about 5600 kbps. But then at about 6PM the line goes down and it syncs lower at about 4800 kbps. The noise isn't getting really low and it's disconnecting because of that. It disconnects when the line is at about 8.5dB. So what's going on?
Thanks for your help. Here are my line stats:
I have been getting help from the MODs in the last week about the SNR on my line. But this weekend, my line was set to 9dB and in the morning it is synced at about 5600 kbps. But then at about 6PM the line goes down and it syncs lower at about 4800 kbps. The noise isn't getting really low and it's disconnecting because of that. It disconnects when the line is at about 8.5dB. So what's going on?
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Port
Status
TxPkts
RxPkts
Collisions
Tx B/s
Rx B/s
Up Time
WAN
PPPoA
590273
842858
0
2592
35849
07:45:01
LAN
10M/100M
67507
43675
0
2179
321
07:46:02
WLAN
11M/54M/130M
803034
558248
0
34541
2643
07:45:41
ADSL Link
Downstream
Upstream
Connection Speed
4896 kbps
448 kbps
Line Attenuation
42.0 db
23.0 db
Noise Margin
8.1 db
23.0 db
If my answer was helpful, please give me a star by clicking the star on the left hand side.
Thank you.

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Rob Kudyba-
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Broadband cuts out same time every day

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