Slow Internet on Mac and not PC
A couple of days ago, my Mac started downloading Internet web sites much slower than normal. What took a couple of seconds (DSL connection) is now taking 10—15 or more. I have tried it wireless and wired. I get the same result. Even Itunes is extremely slow!
At first, it was on my Mac and my husband's PC. We rebooted the modem and restarted our computers. My husband's PC is zooming along. My Mac is still slowly downloading pages. I have rebooted my computer and DSL modem several times.
I also downloaded the latest edition of my browser, Firefox. I tried loading pages on Safari. Slow, slow, slow. Even launching the browsers is slow. All other applications are loading just fine and in a short amount of time (5 seconds or less). I have also cleared out my Firefox cache.
Just a few minutes ago I updated my security packages. That didn't help. I also verified and repaired my hard drive permissions.
Any ideas? Help! Thanks!
The musigal,
I would go to your System Preferences -> Network -> Built in Ethernet (Show: Network Status must be selected) and under TCP/IP click renew DHCP lease if you are using a dynamic address. Next write down the DNS Server information there (if any) and then delete it. You will need to do this for Airport as well. Reboot and try your internet connection.
If you still are having issues, check the results of the command "ipconfig /all" on the PC in command prompt and compare the "default gateway" and "DNS Server" to the "Router" and "DNS Servers" in System Preferences -> Network -> Built in Ethernet.
If you get it fixed you can further speed up Safari by using the command in Terminal.app First quit Safari and Mail:
sudo defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay -float 0.25
and further speed up Mail.app if you are using POP not .Mac mail:
cd ~/Library/Mail
sqlite3 Envelope\ Index
vacuum subjects;
ctrl D (to end)
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9) MacBook Pro
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