My new airport speed is slow over ethernet

i have just got my new airport extreme today. I have it connected over ethernet to my mac but the speed seems to half of what it was with my old belkin router.
I have 50meg cable and with belkin i was getting 48mbps out of it but with my new apple router i'm only getting 25mbps.
does anyone have any ideas how i can speed it up?

I have 50meg cable and with belkin i was getting 48mbps out of it but with my new apple router i'm only getting 25mbps.
Are you referring to the Internet download speed or the speed of the Ethernet connection between the AirPort and the Mac?

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How do I set up multiple Airport Expresses to connect over ethernet for Airtunes only?

I am trying to set up an Airtunes network using an Airport Extreme and three Airport Expresses connected together via ethernet (CAT5 cable). At each Airport Express there will be a speaker setup. I don't need/want internet connectivity on the network, but not sure if it is required for setup or not. I have made this work over wifi, using the Expresses to extend the network, but struggling to get this to work over ethernet.
I would be verry grateful of a step-by-step method to setting this up! I am also looking to set up 6 airport expresses to do the same thing in another location.
Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the info.
I assume that the AirPort Extreme is setup and working at this point.
Work with one AirPort Express at a time to get them all configured, and then you can locate them where they will be needed.
AirPort Setup will configure the Express devices to "extend a wireless network" using Ethernet, so they will be broadcasting the same wireless signal as the AirPort Extreme and provide more wireless signal coverage as well.
I have yet to meet the first person who thought that they had too much wireless coverage, but you would have the option to turn off the wireless on the Express if you wanted. Most users like having extended wireless for their devices.
Temporarily, move an Express close to the AirPort Extreme
Connect a spare Ethernet cable from one of the LAN <-> ports on the Extreme to the WAN "O" port on the Express
Power up the Express for a few minutes
Hold in the reset button on the back of the Express for 10 seconds and release. Allow a full minute for the Express to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
Click the Airport icon at the top of the Mac's screen and wait a few seconds for AirPort Express to appear just under the listing of New AirPort Base Station
Click directly on the AirPort Express
AirPort Setup will open up automatically and take a minute to analyze the network, then announce that the Express will be configured to extend the AirPort Extreme network.
Enter a device name that you want to use....example.....Express1.....and click Next
AirPort Setup will configure everything for you. Notice that the message will say that the Express is being set up to extend using Ethernet. When you see the message of setup complete, click Done.
Now you can move the Express to the remote location where it is needed, hook it up to the Ethernet connection there, power up the Express and set up AirTunes on the device.
AirTunes is enabled by default, to other than make the speaker connection, you won't have much to do on that.
Set up other Express devices the same way, except assign a different name to each device....example....Express2, Express3, etc.....to keep things organized.

New airport extreme wireless faster than ethernet

I just bought a new Airport Expreme 802.11n for my network at home. My daughters computer in the other room gets a faster wireless connection than my wired ethernet connection to my iMac. Both running ML both fairly newish computers. thanks for any advise.
Laura

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Airport connection taking priority over Ethernet

There have been similar posts about this, one of which is marked as answered so I can't reply to that.
I am running within my company and may Macbook is connected via Ethernet to the network. I have a Time Capsule doing wireless backups. The Time Capsule is also connected to the network via Ethernet to provide me with a personal WiFi point (so I can use if with my iPad etc).
However I noticed that wireless connection is taking priority over the wired Ethernet, effectively making the Ethernet wired connection to my Mac redundant. Whilst this doesn't really result in a massive performance issue, it would be best to use Ethernet whenever connected.
I checked System > Network > Set Service Order and Ethernet is above AirPort.
Any ideas?

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
I read this as no-one seemed to have made a reply.
I ma not sure I have the answer but I do have some questions.
Those answers may provide some insight to someone that can help.
Are you saying that effectively you have a Modem and possibly a router that serves the computers at your company ?
Separate from this a Time Capsule is also on this Network.
You say Wireless backups.
Does this mean the Setting in System Preferences > Network differ between the Airport Card settings and the Ethernet Card Settings ? (Different "router IP" Listed)
Could you explain how the Computer is therefore doing Wireless backups ?
If you are Ethernet to the regular router and then Ethernet from there the to the Time Capsule I don't see how it was set up for Wireless.
Was the Time Capsule set up to Extend the regular Network ? (Join an existing Network or if set up manually, the drop down in the Internet pane read "Bridge (Off) Mode")
The System Preferences > Network Settings would be the same except for the Airport Cards IP Address and the Ethernet card's IP address in this case.
From there where are you getting the info that the Wifi/Airport card is taking priority ?
Setting the Sort Order needs you to Drag things down the List or only up to second place (you cannot drag to the top directly).
You do seem to be saying that you have achieved this.
The Mac Help on this does not say that one will override the other - just that it will try the top one first.
10:01 PM Wednesday; March 23, 2011

New Airport Extreme is "slower" then the old one

Hi to all, today I bought the new (faster) Airport Extreme BaseStation. After Installation with the Apple standard settings I have a lower date rate (between 15 to 45 MBps) then I had with the old one (between 52 and almost 100MBps). The position of My MacBookPro and the new Airport Extreme BaseStation is exactly the same then I had with My old one. Why does that happen?

Hi! Yes if you go to Wireless then Options, check the box for a different SSID name for the 5 GHz band. Then make sure your mbp connects to the 5 GHz band and not the 2,4. Though there is some big issues with the new AEBS. Please send feedback to Apple about the speed difference at http://www.apple.com/feedback/airportextreme.html
Hope it works out!

New AirPort Extreme Problems

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I just installed a the new AirPort Extreme connected to wired Ethernet as a Server for USB-Harddisks.
Unfortunatele, it seems to work very unstable. I want to use the connected disks with an iMac G5 and an MacMini Core Duo. Sometimes the Extreme does not appear in the Network list, sometimes it does but disappears after a while.
I got two updates (2007-1, 2007-2) on the Computer where I installed the disc that came with the AirPort Extreme. Is there any further step needed to actually upgrade the box or is it all done while "installing" the update?
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Is there a way to let the connected harddiscs sleep while no activity is going on? How to setup such details?
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Airport (express) extremely slow wifi and ethernet speeds! Please help!

Hello there,
I am having some difficulty with my new airport express. Basically I got it to use while at university where they only have ethernet. It's like a hotel, once you connect to it you log in via a web browser.
The issue is I plug it in, set it up to create a new wireless network, everything connects to it fine (macbook, ipad etc) but then the speed is HORRIBLE.
I did a speed test on my iPhone (over wifi) and the down speed was about 10x slower than what it was connecting my laptop straight to the ethernet port on the wall.
The laptop when plugged in via ethernet to the airport base station was even slower! Speedtest couldn't even load itself.
I used to use my macbook pro and just share the connection with other devices I had, but I didn't like leaving it on near 24/7.
I'm failing to understand why my macbook pro shares the internet fine with other devices, but the airport express cannot do the same (it shares it, but SUPER slow).
Any tips would be appreciated. I've come here as a close to last resort .
In bridge mode it shares the internet with any one device absolutely fine as well.
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Ha that's highly unlikely they can tell you have a router don't worry!
Right so I figured it out after numerous attempts!! My internet is now super fast to all devices and no slow issues at all!
What I did was to change the settings for router mode to 'DHCP and NAT' and although the airport came up with an error about double NAT, this is actually what we want. So you can click the ignore button.
By changing it to NAT the router appears as one device on the uni network and the devices that connect to it are monitored soley by the router so they don't really appear on the uni network. This means that the connection that was previously split to three devices through one point on the uni network is now only going to 'one' device (router) which is then splitting the connection itself and so it's much faster!
Hope that makes sense I know I haven't explained it very well...
I've left all other settings as default in case you were wondering.
Good luck!

Airport Drives Me CRAZY! New 802.11n Network Slower Than Old 802.11g/b

I've been using Macs since 1988 and consider myself an advanced user. However, every time I setup a new Airport wireless network or re-configure an existing one, I feel like a helpless newbie trying to figure out how to open a folder on my desktop. No matter how many times I read the manual or the help files or these forums, I can never grasp what seems like it should be a simple path from A to B to C.
Anyway, here's my current situation: I've been successfully (I think) running a 6 year old AP Extreme Base Station [AE] (in my home office addition) and 2 Airport Expresses [AX] (one AX roughly 15 feet from the base station--through sheetrock, and the second AX roughly 30 feet from the first AX--through sheetrock and some wooden stairs. (so roughly 45 feet from AE to 2nd AX). It wasn't the speediest thing going but it did the trick with older Macs.
I recently bought a MacBook Pro which supports 802.11n. I most often use this laptop at the point in the house furthest away from the AE (Base Station) The AE (Base Station) is in my home office connected to my MacPro desktop (see #1 below). In addition, the family iMac is also in that room furthest from the AE. Using the new MacBook Pro with the old 802.11/g/b network turned out to be painfully slow. I was experiencing the same slow network connection my family has complained about for years with their older Macs and 802.11g/b.
I decided it was time to upgrade the whole network, if only to speed up my MacBook Pro connection. Bought new 802.11n Airport Extreme (MC340LL/A) and 2 new 802.11n Airport Expresses (MB321LL/A). Setup did not go smoothly. Again, my normally competent Mac persona was reduced to a babbling three-year-old. Had three different Apple techs on the phone trying to help me through it. Got different, contradictory instructions from the last two. Finally got all three units working, only to find that not only does my MacBook Pro seem even more sluggish than when connected to the old 802.11g/b network, but my wife tells me web pages are taking at least twice as long to load as with the old network.
As concisely as I can lay this out:
*1. Airport Extreme (Base Station)*
Connected via Ethernet from its WAN port to my Comcast cable modem. One Ethernet (LAN) port on that AE is then connected via Ethernet to my Netgear 8-port Ethernet switch. Ethernet from switch to Ethernet port 1 on my MacPro. (MacPro does NOT have an Airport card because I forgot to order one. Also I confirmed that this setup was functional by connecting to the AE wirelessly with my MacBook Pro showing the name I'd given the new network prior to adding the two AX's to the mix).
Some Airport Extreme settings of note (all accessed via "Manual Setup" button):
Airport Tab > Summary
Version 7.5.1
Wireless Mode: Create a wireless network
Channel: 149 (Automatic), 1 (Automatic)
Wireless Clients: 3
Airport Tab > Base Station:
Allow Setup over WAN: Unchecked
Airport Tab > Wireless:
Allow this network to be extended: Checked
Airport Tab > Guest Network:
Nothing checked
Airport Tab > Access Control:
MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled
Internet Tab > Internet Connection:
Connect Using: Ethernet
Ethernet WAN Port: Automatic (Default)
Connection Sharing: Share a public IP address [Think this one is probably wrong]
Internet Tab > TCP/IP:
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Internet Tab > DHCP:
Shows Beginning & Ending Address
Internet Tab > NAT:
Enable default host at: Unchecked and blank field
Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol: Checked
Internet Tab > Advanced
Didn't touch anything here, so all at defaults
*2. Airport Express #1: Living Room Express (Closest to AE (Base Station)*
Airport Tab > Summary
Version 7.4.2
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Connect using: Wireless Network
Channel: 1 (Automatic)
Wireless Clients: 1
Airport Tab > Base Station:
Allow Setup over the Internet using Bonjour: Unchecked
Airport Tab > Wireless:
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Allow wireless clients: checked
Airport Tab > Access Control:
MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled
Internet Tab > Internet Connection:
Connect using: Greyed-out, not selectable
Connection sharing: Greyed-out, not selectable
Internet Tab > TCP/IP:
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Shows IP Address
Internet Tab > Advanced
Didn't touch anything here, so all at defaults
*3. Airport Express #2: Dining Room Express (Furthest from AE (Base Station)*
Airport Tab > Summary
Version 7.4.2
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Connect using: Wireless Network
Channel: 1 (Automatic)
Wireless Clients: 2
Airport Tab > Base Station:
Allow Setup over the Internet using Bonjour: Unchecked
Airport Tab > Wireless:
Wireless Mode: Extend a wireless network
Allow wireless clients: checked
Airport Tab > Access Control:
MAC Address Access Control: Not Enabled
Internet Tab > Internet Connection:
Connect using: Greyed-out, not selectable
Connection sharing: Greyed-out, not selectable
Internet Tab > TCP/IP:
Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
Shows IP Address
Internet Tab > Advanced
Didn't touch anything here, so all at defaults
SETUP/GOALS:
With Airport Extreme (Base Station) as the starting point, have the two Airport Express units with the strongest, fastest signal possible, provide Internet access (and file sharing, iTunes speakers capability) to three Macs (one older iMac, one older PowerBook and my new MacBookPro). Again, I believe my new MacBook Pro is the only one with 802.11n support, so I don't expect the other Macs to take advantage of the speed boost offered by the three new 802.11n devices.
+Any and all help with this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!+

{quote}With the AirPort Extreme, in the AirPort panel, Wireless tab, click on the button for "Wireless Network Options", check the box for "5 GHz Network Name", and enter a different network name. (That can be trivially different, such as the name of the main network suffixed with an underscore and the digit 5.) Once configured that way, connect your "N" gear to each network in turn to see if one is any better than the other. (If you're wondering what effect this would have, it allows segregating your "N" gear from the older gear to prevent the older gear from slowing down your network. However, distance and interference from things like walls may negate any advantage.){quote}
William: I was gone most of yesterday, but had a chance to implement your recommendations today. I added the 5 GHz network as you suggested, but in order to connect to that at all with my 802.n11 MacBokk Pro, I need to be within a few feet of the AE (base station). If I try to access that network even from the next room (well within reach of both the AE and the livingroom AX, I get one bar and "failure to connect" messages just trying to logon to that network.
However, I did some experimenting that (as of right now, anyway) resulted in much faster network access, not only from my MacBook, but also from the older iMac which is the furthest Mac from the AE. According to my wife, that iMac is "loading web pages faster than I've ever seen them!"
Here's what I did:
1. Moved all three units to places where it seemed they would have the least amount of interference with the clearest path from unit to unit, also raising the height of both AXs from about 2-3 feet from the floor to about 5-6 feet from the floor.
2. Changed one setting on the AE (base station): Wireless Tab > Wireless Network Options > Multicast Rate ---> Changed this from Low to High.
I have a feeling the location shifts made the real difference, but I will try changing the multicast rate back to "Low" just to see what happens.
Paul

New Airport N network limited to 3.7mb/s - slow N performance

I recently purchased a new airport extreme and express to replace my older G equipment.
I have the extreme connected to my dsl internet and a few computers. The express is in a different room and is in wireless-bridge mode with a computer connected to it. So basically, I've got two rooms pretty far apart that I didn't want to run an ethernet cable between, so the express is acting as my internet bridge.
The extreme and express are the only wireless networking devices used and they are set to 802.11n only, 5ghz.
When I transfer a file between a computer connected to the extreme and a computer connected to the express, I get an average of 3.7mb/s (Wireless N should provide around 8-11mb/s).
I've tried the following things:
- I've transferred files through ethernet between the same computers (obtained 50mb/s)
- Had the express in the same room as the extreme and still got 3.7mb/s
- tried 2.4 ghz mode, g mode, robust networking on/off, wide channels on/off, security off, NAT off (on the extreme), and still got a max of only 3.7mb/s.
Either there's a setting I'm not seeing, or I'm starting to think that the WAN port of the express is limited to 3.7mb/s as it was primarily meant to be connected to an internet connection rather than a computer.
Anyone have any advice, or do you have a similar setup where you are getting more than 3.7mb/s between an express and an extreme?

This has been broken for a long time, I think. I have a similar setup, with two Airport Extremes (802.11n Fast Ethernet) each running 5GHz only on wide channels, one wired to the broadband and my network storage, the other wired to various bits of my entertainment system including a Mac Mini. They are only about 4 metres apart though there are some walls in between and for various reasons it's not practical to run cable without a lot of fuss.
I am using Airport firmware 7.1.1 and getting 9-10MB/sec between the two, which is great. I'm still using the old firmware because every update since then has dropped the network speed to the magic 3.7MB/sec.
When the Gigabit version of the AEBS came out I bought two to replace the old ones. The Gigabit removes one of the internal limitations of the Fast Ethernet, meaning that streaming from a single AEBS to say a Macbook is a bit faster, up to 12MB/sec over the same distance. But it has no effect on AEBS to AEBS transfers, which are still limited to around 3.7MB/sec.
Of course, the Gigabit AEBSs can't be downgraded to 7.1.1, so I sent them back to Apple. Luckily I'd kept the old Fast Ethernet versions, which are getting pretty old now but are still twice as fast as the newest hardware running the latest firmware.
I don't know what Apple have done to limit AEBS to AEBS speeds like that. It must be a firmware issue starting with 7.2. Maybe it was to improve reliability or something, but I'd rather have speed or at least the option.
If anyone has managed to get decent speeds between two AEBSs I'd love to hear about it, I'm pretty sure I've tried all the configurable options to no avail.

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).
Download and upload speeds are now up to 93% of advertised speeds wired, & wireless with some fluctuations which appear to be network delivery related rather than anything to do with the APEBS. It's working well with an APExpress which had been struggling (intermittentlyout of range) which is connected to stereo and Apple TV.
By the way - thanks to other posts regarding importance of not connecting an audio out cable to phono sockets on the stereo (horrible sound quality) using a redundant CD channel it works great.
All-in-all, very happy with it so far.

SERIOUSLY slow USB hard drive on the new Airport Extreme 802.11n

I have recently bought the new airport etreme 802.11n. Great little device, look wonderful on the office desk. I had some troubles getting it up and running on my machine but finaly got there in the end.
The USB hard drive is a great little addition that I was very excited about, untill I got it running. It is amazingly slow, for example I tried to copy a folder that contained 15 files which amounted to 135.6mb and it took 20 mins and 24 seconds to upload!
Is this just the speed that it should be uploading or is there somehting wrong with my settings.
I'm running on 3 bars of signal and the settings I'm using are:
connect with password (which is the same as the base stations password)
Automatically discover disks
Show in menu bar
If anyone knows the technical data for the transfer speeds and can confirm my queries I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance

I have recently bought the new airport etreme
802.11n. Great little device, look wonderful on the
office desk. I had some troubles getting it up and
running on my machine but finaly got there in the
end.
The USB hard drive is a great little addition that I
was very excited about, untill I got it running. It
is amazingly slow, for example I tried to copy a
folder that contained 15 files which amounted to
135.6mb and it took 20 mins and 24 seconds to
upload!
Is this just the speed that it should be uploading or
is there somehting wrong with my settings.
I'm running on 3 bars of signal and the settings I'm
using are:
connect with password (which is the same as the base
stations password)
Automatically discover disks
Show in menu bar
If anyone knows the technical data for the transfer
speeds and can confirm my queries I'd really
appreciate it!
Thanks in advance
Does your drive meet these requirements?:
You can connect USB-based storage devices to an AirPort Extreme (802.11n). Learn which formats and protocols are supported.
The AirPort Extreme (802.11n) supports USB storage devices that have a block size of 512 bytes, and are formatted as Mac OS Extended (HFS-plus), FAT16, or FAT32. Not all USB storage devices use a block size of 512 bytes.
The AirPort Extreme (802.11n) shares storage devices based on the format used to initialize the storage device. For example, if HFS-plus formatting was used, AFP and SMB/CIFS protocols are used to share the device on the network. If FAT16 or FAT32 was used, SMB/CIFS protocols are used.
The AirPort Extreme (802.11n) works with disks that have a single partition and are not RAID volumes (no more than one volume per physical disk).
Note: Use AirPort Disk Utility to discover and mount AirPort Extreme-based volumes over the network.
William

My Time Machine backups are significantly larger, and slower, over WiFi than Ethernet

My regular hourly backups from my Time Capsule began acting up a month ago. They were abnormally large (25-100 MBs) and took a long time--once, six hours.
I connected my Time Capsule to my MacBook Air through ethernet to repair the disk through Disk Utility, (I turned Airport off on the Air, but not the Time Capsule), and then to rebuild the Spotlight index for the Time Capsule.
Backups over ethernet work just fine now. The backup will happen in two parts, of around 200 KB each, and take two or two and a half minutes. But when I turn Airport on the Air back on, reconnect to the WiFi network, unplug the ethernet cable, and immediately start a new backup over WiFi, the two parts balloon to around 20 MB each, and the backup takes hours.
This is a backup over ethernet, which took 2 minutes, 21 seconds:
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/External HD/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.70 GB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Copied 1082 files (104 KB) from volume Macintosh HD.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.70 GB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Copied 429 files (153 bytes) from volume Macintosh HD.
Starting post-backup thinning
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air/2012-05-11-225349: 733.41 GB now available
Deleted backup /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air/2012-05-11-200538: 733.41 GB now available
Post-back up thinning complete: 2 expired backups removed
Backup completed successfully.
Ejected Time Machine disk image.
Ejected Time Machine network volume.
This is the second backup after that one, done over WiFi. (The first was incompletely recorded by Time Machine Buddy, but took around half an hour.) It took 1 hour, 54 minutes, 50 seconds:
Starting standard backup
Attempting to mount network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
Mounted network destination using URL: afp://Martin%[email protected]/External%20HD
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
Disk image /Volumes/External HD/Martin Fox’s MacBook Air.sparsebundle mounted at: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups
Backing up to: /Volumes/Time Machine Backups/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 100.0 MB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Waiting for index to be ready (101)
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Copied 26 KB of 20.6 MB, 98 of 98 items
Copied 1485 files (22.0 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.72 GB requested (including padding), 733.41 GB available
Error: (-8084) SrcErr:YES Copying /Users/foxmarti/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ehjqi949.default/places.sqlite-wal to (null)
Copied 1941 files (27.5 MB) from volume Macintosh HD.
Starting post-backup thinning
No post-back up thinning needed: no expired backups exist
Backup completed successfully.
Eject

slyfox1908 wrote:
I live in an apartment building so there are a number of WiFi networks around.
Not to mention cordless phones, microwaves, etc., any of which can interfere.
On iStumbler, my network shows up twice--once on channel 149, with signal strength of 50-65% and noise of 15%--and again on channel 10, with signal strength of that wildly varies from 20% to 90% and noise of 20%. Other networks in the building are on channels 1, 2, 6, and 11. The graph of channel 149 is very smooth, while the graph of channel 10 is choppy.
It's probably using 149, as those numbers are pretty good. Press Alt/Option before clicking the Airport icon in your menubar to see which band it's using.
Watch the band it's using while running a backup. Try other channels in the area of 149. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a "hit and miss" thing.
Why are there two networks? Is that part of the problem? My Time Capsule is located about three feet right and a foot below my desk, so I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't be 100% for both channels.
It's a dual-band router. As I understand it, OSX will pick the best signal.
I really want to know I have a clean, safe, accessible back-up before I replace it though. Right now I don't trust the Time Capsule.
Do at least your last backup via Ethernet.

Do older basestations and express downgrade the speeds of the newer Airport Extreme?

In the past a device on an Airport network running at a slower speed would downgrade the entire wireless network.
I just purchased a New Airport Extreme. I also have an older Airport Extreme (g) and n Airport Express on my network.
My question is, are these devices downgrading my network speeds?

The new AirPort Extreme is dual-band, which means it simultaneously broadcasts a new (n) network and an old (b/g) network. Devices on the old network will not slow down devices on the new one.
http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/frequency.html

Sharing Airport Internet connection Over Ethernet

Hi
I've read various things about this on the forums here, but none of them seem to make a considerable amount of sense seeing as the person just magically works out the problem. So I'll attempt to describe my problem.
I'm trying to share my Intel iMac's Airport connection to another mac running 10.4.6 over ethernet. I'm using crossover cable, and so far I've got the two computers to recognise each other in Network tab of the Finder, so I can mount the other's HD on my desktop if i wanted. BUT, I am having no luck with sharing my internet connection, I have the 'Share my Airport connection over Ethernet' settings ticked in System Preferences on the iMac with airport, but the "light" on the network overview page is orange on both computers, and the one connected with ethernet does not connect to the internet.
Any idea what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks a lot
Mo

You are sharing one connection from the main unit to a secondary unit. The secondary unit only has access through the main unit, so the system doesn't see a personal web connection, just a web connection. In order to share that connection, it must be seen as a "personal" or directly connected form of network. This is so that somebody can't just steal your connection and then filter it to a billion computers and hack you and really mess up your system. If you want to share that connection, I suggest you invest in a wireless router. Then you can share all peripherals from the main unit and other units in any configuration you wish, and then use your secondary(wireless) unit to share directly to the third unit(crossover cable) without having to set a bunch of manual controls and troubleshoot. Printers, some scanners, and sometimes even dvd burners can be shared across a router. And because the system reads two connections(comp-to-comp and comp-to-web) through the router, you can actually fully network all peripherals to work across each unit, so long as they all run the same versions of OS and software. Just remember, you get what you pay for with routers. $100-$200 should get you something decent and a USB speed-booster card wouldn't hurt if you can get it as part of the whole router package. I've used the same type of configuration and it has saved me days, even weeks of trying to move data onto cds and dvds to move between computers for using with different programs and tasks.
good luck

Does new Airport Extreme slow down when used with Airport Express?

Maybe this is self-evident.
If get the new Airport extreme and use an old airport express to extend it, will signal slow down to the old speed?
Does the AE have a greater range? Perhaps I don't need the Express to extend.
I live in NYC and there are so many signals in the air. It seems like having the additional airport helps keep me connected.
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The airport express is g technology not n technology, so it will be at least as slow as your old network. Also, I'm not sure but I think the the range will be a bit longer than with the old g system, but does not have the full potential of an n system.
I've set up my new system but none of my machines are n capable. I extended the system using my old expresses. The speed of the system is no greater than what it was before the n.
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