Slow connection airport MacBook

Hi apple expeers
I am using my MacBook in many places on wifi. Sometimes when connecting to
a wifi I can make connection but get or no or really slow internetspeed. Mainly on wpa2 networks. My biz partner with a pc has got no problems on the same networks. What can be the issue?! Hope somebody can help!

Hi harmhoff and welcome to Apple Discussions!
Unfortunately you will find that many wifi routers do not play well with Macs, particularly older models with out of date firmware. There are a few things you can do about it:
1) Connect to a different wifi source that works better.
2) Suggest to the owner of the wifi network that they check to make sure the firmware of their routers is up to date.
3) If their firmware is up to date, they may need to use a different brand of router.
Best of luck.

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I'm running tiger 10.4.11 on macbook.
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But sometimes it takes 20 seconds to load a page like yahoo.com, and at times it just hangs. I updated the driver and admin utility last week, but the same problem persists.
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Don't dwell on the issue. It would be helpful to know what Safari (or Firefox) is spending so much time to load, but that won't solve the problem. What version of Safari are you running anyway? The latest one works fine with Tiger, in fact it's the fastest version yet. I recommend it. Here's the link: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
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Seems I am lucky because my brand new MacBook C2D can connect to WiFi access points!
I have a "surprising issue" though : after a few minutes of connection, the connection gets very very slow.
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I spent over an hour with Applecare Today, but the issue is still there.
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I have the exact same problem you are describing. Randomly, I experience EXTREMELY slow connections. Sometimes the connection is so slow it seems I am not connected. I have had this problem since I bought my MacBook C2D in the fall. This problem has occurred at many different access points, including my netgear router, coffee shops, and several different universities.
My husband owns a MacBook Pro, and sometimes we will be side by side on our computers, which supposedly have the same software (I am running 10.4.8 and currently have all the updates as does he), same processor, and he never has trouble with his wireless connection. So it is definitely my computer, not the routers.
I have called Apple support twice to descirbe the problem. They suggested I send the computer in to get the airport card replaced. At this moment my wireless is working. However, this is the first time since yesterday morning that it has worked. I don't think apple will replace the card unless the problem can be reproduced. And the problem seems to be entirely random.
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OK, thanks for clarifying that for me. This confirms that the wired, or Ethernet portion of the AirPort Express is working correctly.
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