Takes a long time to connect using D-Link router

I recently purchased a D-Link 802.11n router to replace my old Airport Snow, which seemed to be failing after many years. Now that I have the D-Link up and going, I have two problems:
1 - When I first start either Mail or Safari, it seems to take the router several minutes before it actually connects to the Internet.
2 - Internet access speeds seem to be slower than they were, on my wired network.
Does anyone know what may be causing these problems, especially the first one? Is there a setting I need to change, or should I just buy an AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule ?
Thanks!

I am getting the same issue, on first starting safari the first page takes an age to load.. once it has everything is fine.
I have tried the 'Reset Safari' function but no difference. This only happens on my Macbook Pro Retina, Using safari on my iphone or ipad is fine. (I connect via ethernet too so its not a wifi problem.)
Any one got an answer to this yet?

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We just installed a 2013 CAS/Mailbox server in our Exchange 2007 environment and are running in coexistence while we migrate users over. So far I have only moved one 2007 mailbox over, a new account used for testing. Everything is working fine, OWA,
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Hi Angela, thanks for the response. I cannot post links or pictures as my account has not been verified?
The autoconfiguration tests passed, I will paste the xml below. Ping times were all under 1ms. When I entered the IP for the 2013 serve I received errors that the connection to Exchange is unavailable followed by another one that the name cannot be resolved.
I did this test by removing the Outlook profile and creating one manually without Autodiscover. I am able to ping the server by all names from the command prompt.
Our autodiscover.domain.com points to our 2013 server and the name is resolvable both internally and externally. Our certificates cover the internal server name fqdn as well as external names. I am doing all testing in the internal network.
Pinging 2013server.fqdn.com [172.16.xx.xx] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 172.16.xx.xx: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Ping statistics for 172.16.xx.xx:
    Packets: Sent = 13, Received = 13, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Autodiscover xmlns= removing link for post, points to the schema . microsoft . com ... 2006
<Response xmlns= removing link for post, points to the schema . microsoft . com ... 2006a
    <User>
      <DisplayName>2013user</DisplayName>
      <LegacyDN>/o=domain/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=91d6299a8d1440e6b80fcc854dc3f860-2013user</LegacyDN>
      <AutoDiscoverSMTPAddress>[email protected]</AutoDiscoverSMTPAddress>
      <DeploymentId>565c12be-83dc-44c7-a843-37b9bf26b9db</DeploymentId>
    </User>
    <Account>
      <AccountType>email</AccountType>
      <Action>settings</Action>
      <MicrosoftOnline>False</MicrosoftOnline>
      <Protocol>
        <Type>EXCH</Type>
        <Server>[email protected]</Server>
        <ServerDN>/o=domain/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/[email protected]</ServerDN>
        <ServerVersion>73C082C8</ServerVersion>
        <MdbDN>/o=domain/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/[email protected]/cn=Microsoft Private MDB</MdbDN>
        <PublicFolderServer>webmail.company.com</PublicFolderServer>
        <AD>SMS-AD1-SRV11.domain.ca</AD>
        <ASUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx</ASUrl>
        <EwsUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx</EwsUrl>
        <EmwsUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx</EmwsUrl>
        <EcpUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ecp/</EcpUrl>
        <EcpUrl-um>?rfr=olk&p=customize/voicemail.aspx&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-um>
        <EcpUrl-aggr>?rfr=olk&p=personalsettings/EmailSubscriptions.slab&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-aggr>
        <EcpUrl-mt>PersonalSettings/DeliveryReport.aspx?rfr=olk&exsvurl=1&IsOWA=<IsOWA>&MsgID=<MsgID>&Mbx=<Mbx>&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-mt>
        <EcpUrl-ret>?rfr=olk&p=organize/retentionpolicytags.slab&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-ret>
        <EcpUrl-sms>?rfr=olk&p=sms/textmessaging.slab&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-sms>
        <EcpUrl-publish>customize/calendarpublishing.slab?rfr=olk&exsvurl=1&FldID=<FldID>&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-publish>
        <EcpUrl-photo>PersonalSettings/EditAccount.aspx?rfr=olk&chgPhoto=1&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-photo>
        <EcpUrl-extinstall>Extension/InstalledExtensions.slab?rfr=olk&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-extinstall>
        <OOFUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx</OOFUrl>
        <UMUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/UM2007Legacy.asmx</UMUrl>
        <OABUrl>https://webmail.company.com/oab/8a3774fa-6f23-40c7-8106-707cc5b7b1b6/</OABUrl>
        <ServerExclusiveConnect>off</ServerExclusiveConnect>
      </Protocol>
      <Protocol>
        <Type>EXPR</Type>
        <Server>webmail.company.com</Server>
        <SSL>On</SSL>
        <AuthPackage>Basic</AuthPackage>
        <ASUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</ASUrl>
        <EwsUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</EwsUrl>
        <EmwsUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</EmwsUrl>
        <EcpUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ecp/</EcpUrl>
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        <EcpUrl-sms>?rfr=olk&p=sms/textmessaging.slab&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-sms>
        <EcpUrl-publish>customize/calendarpublishing.slab?rfr=olk&exsvurl=1&FldID=<FldID>&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-publish>
        <EcpUrl-photo>PersonalSettings/EditAccount.aspx?rfr=olk&chgPhoto=1&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-photo>
        <EcpUrl-extinstall>Extension/InstalledExtensions.slab?rfr=olk&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-extinstall>
        <OOFUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</OOFUrl>
        <UMUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/UM2007Legacy.asmx</UMUrl>
        <OABUrl>https://webmail.company.com/oab/8a3774fa-6f23-40c7-8106-707cc5b7b1b6/</OABUrl>
        <ServerExclusiveConnect>on</ServerExclusiveConnect>
        <EwsPartnerUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</EwsPartnerUrl>
        <GroupingInformation>Acheson</GroupingInformation>
      </Protocol>
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        <Type>WEB</Type>
        <Internal>
          <OWAUrl AuthenticationMethod="Basic, Fba">https://2013server.domain.ca/owa/</OWAUrl>
          <Protocol>
            <Type>EXCH</Type>
            <ASUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx</ASUrl>
          </Protocol>
        </Internal>
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          <Protocol>
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        <EmwsUrl>https://webmail.company.com/ews/exchange.asmx</EmwsUrl>
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        <EwsUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</EwsUrl>
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        <EcpUrl-extinstall>Extension/InstalledExtensions.slab?rfr=olk&exsvurl=1&realm=domain.ca</EcpUrl-extinstall>
        <OOFUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx</OOFUrl>
        <UMUrl>https://webmail.company.com/EWS/UM2007Legacy.asmx</UMUrl>
        <OABUrl>https://webmail.company.com/oab/8a3774fa-6f23-40c7-8106-707cc5b7b1b6/</OABUrl>
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</Response>
</Autodiscover>
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Jeremy

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I notice that the very first time I do a direct link from the provided PP sequence, that there is a very long hang on the SG splash screen (with a series of progress bars animating over and over at the bottom). After a long time, SG finally opens.
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Sorry I searched as much as I could.
I have a wireless router WRT54GX2 and have 2 laptops that I use. Recently one of the laptops has started taking anywhere from 2 - 5 minutes to connect to the router, sometimes I have to restart completely. My other laptop is still working fine and picks up in seconds. I went into my network connections and set a static IP address after reading somethings online and that seemed to help but I also read keeping it set like that isn't the best way to do it. Anyone out there please help, this is drving me nuts.
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Message Edited by on 07-29-2007 01:00 PM

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On most wireless computers, the software has a section called "Preferred Networks" (sometimes called "Profiles" ). Go to this area, and delete all networks named "linksys". Also delete any network that you do not recognize, or that you no longer use. Make sure that your current network is listed, and that it is set to automatically connect. (Note: you may need to highlight your current network, then select "Properties" or "settings" to do this.)
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Mail takes a long time to connect to outgoing server

This has been touched upon in a number of threads but I'll post my own particular version in case anyone can throw any light on it.
When sending emails (Mail 3.6, OS10.5.8) it can take up to 1 minute for Mail to connect to the outgoing server. In the "Activity" window I get the message "Connecting to [server name]" for up to a minute, then finally Mail connects and the message goes through instantly.
This happens with any of three or four outgoing servers I have available. If I send another message immediately after the first, it is sent straight away.
I've tried the usual disk repairs, repairing permissions etc. I've thrown away Mail prefs and the Envelope Index etc. Tried with and without SSL. MY ISP can see no problem at their end and no problem with any of my settings, and other computers on the same network have no problem.
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Hi All,
I am using database 11.2 on Linux x86-64 platform.
Using SQLPLUS (bequeath) to connect to the database as a particular user it takes a long time to connect and connecting to the database as any other user is instantaneous.
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ERROR:
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MONITORING_PROFILE CPU_PER_CALL KERNEL DEFAULT
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MONITORING_PROFILE LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL KERNEL DEFAULT
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MONITORING_PROFILE CONNECT_TIME KERNEL DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PRIVATE_SGA KERNEL DEFAULT
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MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_REUSE_TIME PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_VERIFY_FUNCTION PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_LOCK_TIME PASSWORD DEFAULT
MONITORING_PROFILE PASSWORD_GRACE_TIME PASSWORD DEFAULT
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Hi;
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Regard
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My MacBook Air (13-inch, mid-2013) takes a long time to connect to any wi-fi network (~ 30 seconds), including known/previously connected ones. Upon wake from sleep, the network will have disconnected and will have to reconnect, again taking about 30 seconds. Also, I notice that even when the display turns off briefly, the network will still disconnect. It does not matter which network it is. However, Power Nap notifications will still show up and be up to date upon wake, suggesting that the disconnection is happening only when I wake the computer.
Things I have tried:
- removing all networks
- toggling wake for wi-fi network access and put hard disks to sleep when possible
- setting Location
- deleting all network system preference files and restarting
- resetting SMC
- restoring OS X Mavericks (10.9.3, clean install) with no recovery of network settings
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The latest OS X update (10.9.4) is supposed to fix some problems like yours.

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I know there are lots of threads about MBk Pro Airport connection probs so apologies for starting another
I’m using a MBook Pro 2.2Ghz running 10.4.11 together with an Airport Extreme (11n) base station. I have only recently switched to the ‘n’ version from the previous 11g which gave a host of problems with disconnects and so on.
Even though signal strength is good, when using 11n, the MBk takes a long time (up to a minute or so) to find and establish the connection, even though this is the only network in the house.
I have a feeling that some of the mods I did as per other threads to get a connection using the 11g may not have been fully reinstated to the current defaults. At present I have the following in system/library/extensions:
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I know I should have the originals - I did but they have gone missing. Probably buried in the drive somewhere, neither I nor Spotlight can find them.
Thanks for any help.
Happy New Year to all on these boards from a rather dull UK Midlands.

Given your connection will eventually come good you'll probably find that your problem lies with your DHCP server and your MBP's inability to quickly get a new address. Check the DHCP's server admin that it has a decently large enough address pool as having too small a pool can often cause these issues. I normally recommend having a pool around 50% more than the number of computers that it serves else a minimum of 5.

My final cut is running extremely slow after having for 6 months. I use external hard drives and save nothing on my computer. it takes a long time to render now. do you think something is wrong with computer. took it to mac store but they fail to help

my final cut is running extremely slow after having for 6 months. I use external hard drives and save nothing on my computer. it takes a long time to render now. do you think something is wrong with computer. took it to mac store but they fail to help me. I have a 13 inch mac book pro 10.6.8 8gb 2.3 gfz intel core i5

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Put another way, start varying your configuration, and see which configuration changes (still) have the problem, and which don't.

It takes long time to connect Satellite A110-049 to Actiontec GT701-WRU router

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Since buying a Toshiba A110-049 running Windows Vista (this was necessary because the old laptop gave up the ghost) We have been having problems connecting to this router.
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Firefox is really starting to annoy me. Sometimes it runs slow and sluggishly, other times it doesn't. Usually it does though. When I open new tabs, the connection icon will just keep swirling. I constantly get High CPU Useage alerts from my virus protection. I've done everything listed in the below articles. Does anyone have some advice? Firefox didn't use to be like this.
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/882138#answer-256718

Alright, it's getting to the point where I can barely use FireFox anymore. It's getting worse by the day, I don't understand. Web pages take a LONG time to load, but sometimes they don't....it's hit or miss. But when they do take a long time, they take a long time.
It's getting very bad. I don't know much about computers, safe mode, and all that. It would really help if someone could walk me through what to do, like they would a 10-year old... actually a 10-year old probably knows more than me. Well you get the idea.
I really want to keep using this browser, but if I don't get it fixed I will have to stop. Like I said in the initial post, I've done all the things those two links suggested. It got better at first, but now it seems like it's gotten worse.

Macbook Pro takes a long time (41 secs) from start to reach log-in - It used to be almost instantaneous, I'm running Lion OS

My Macbook Pro takes a long time (41 secs) from start to reach log-in - It used to be almost instantaneous, I'm running Lion OS. I thought this might be because I'd used a lot of disk space but I've now reduced that - I'm only using 40 of the 320 gb available. I have no games and I've unchecked the "re-open windows" option on shutdown. The rest of the preformance (once in) remains good.

41 seconds is actually a little faster then normal. Boot from completely off is normally around 45-50 seconds.
Your computer never ever came on almost instantaneously from completely off. You are confusing waking up from sleep mode and booting the computer from completely off.

Problem description: Computer takes a long time to fire up. Spinning ball is seen during start up, sometimes when login dialog box, and sometimes after entering login password. My mac freeze often, especially when using Lightroom-.

Problem description:
Computer takes a long time to fire up. Spinning ball is seen during start up, sometimes when login dialog box, and sometimes after entering login password. My mac freeze often, especially when using Lightroom….     Help is much appreciated!
EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 3. november 2014 kl. 01.23.41 CET
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 2:49:19
Disk Information: ℹ️
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB disk0 : (500,11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (260.35 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Configuration files: ℹ️
/etc/sysctl.conf - Exists
/etc/hosts - Count: 15
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/IPVanish.app
[not loaded] foo.tap (1.0) Support
[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) Support
/Applications/LaCie Desktop Manager.app
[not loaded] com.LaCie.ScsiType00 (1.2.13 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.jmicron.driver.jmPeripheralDevice (2.0.4) Support
[not loaded] com.lacie.driver.LaCie_RemoteComms (1.0.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.13 - SDK 10.5) Support
/Applications/Private Eye.app
[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.PrivateEye (1 - SDK 10.7) Support
/Library/Application Support/HASP/kexts
[not loaded] com.aladdin.kext.aksfridge (1.0.2) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4) Support
[not loaded] com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
[not loaded] com.sony.filesystem.prodisc_fs (2.3.0) Support
[not loaded] com.sony.protocol.prodisc (2.3.0) Support
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
[running] com.digitalrebellion.EditmoteListener.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
[loaded] com.intego.backupassistant.agent.plist Support
[running] com.mcafee.menulet.plist Support
[invalid?] com.mcafee.reporter.plist Support
[loaded] com.nvidia.CUDASoftwareUpdate.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
[running] com.orbicule.WitnessUserAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.xrite.device.softwareupdate.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
[running] com.aladdin.aksusbd.plist Support
[failed] com.aladdin.hasplmd.plist Support
[running] com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
[running] com.intego.BackupAssistant.daemon.plist Support
[loaded] com.ipvanish.helper.openvpn.plist Support
[loaded] com.ipvanish.helper.pppd.plist Support
[invalid?] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanFactory.plist Support
[invalid?] com.mcafee.ssm.ScanManager.plist Support
[running] com.mcafee.virusscan.fmpd.plist Support
[loaded] com.mvnordic.mvlicensehelper.offline.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Support
[running] com.orbicule.witnessd.plist Support
[loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.PrivateEye.plist Support
[running] com.xrite.device.xrdd.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[invalid?] com.digitalrebellion.SoftwareUpdateAutoCheck.plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Skype Program (/Applications/Skype.app)
GetBackupAgent Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/BeLight Software/Get Backup 2/GetBackupAgent.app)
PhoneViewHelper Program (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/PhoneView/PhoneViewHelper.app)
EarthDesk Core UNKNOWN (missing value)
Dropbox Program (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer ProgramHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
i1ProfilerTray Program (/Applications/i1Profiler/i1ProfilerTray.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.10411.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.189 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SiteAdvisor: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.1 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
GarminGPSControl: Version: 3.0.1.0 Release - SDK 10.4 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 71 Check version
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.2 Support
F5 Inspection Host Plugin: Version: 6031.2010.0122.1 Support
f5 sam inspection host plugin: Version: 7000.2010.0602.1 Support
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
Facebook Cleaner
Better Facebook
SiteAdvisor
Incognito
Bing Highlights
YouTube5
AdBlock
YoutubeWide
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
DVCPROHDAudio: Version: 1.3.2
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
CUDA Preferences Support
EarthDesk Support
Editmote Support
Flash Player Support
FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
Growl Support
Java Support
Witness Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      13% taskgated
      12% WindowServer
      1% WitnessUserAgent
      1% sysmond
      1% Activity Monitor
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
327 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
137 MB softwareupdated
94 MB Safari
82 MB VShieldScanner
82 MB Dock
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
65 MB Free RAM
1.58 GB Active RAM
1.54 GB Inactive RAM
647 MB Wired RAM
2.95 GB Page-ins
260 MB Page-outs

You have SCADS of extensions and the things running. McAfee, Intego, Orbicule, CleanMyMac, and others I've not ever even heard of. My first recommendation would be to remove all of these and see if things improve.

I have a ipad 1. I seem to be having a lot of connectivity issues. It takes a long time to load and sometimes will not load a page at all. I seem to be having issues with streaming in that it will play a song and just stop.

I seem to be having a lot of connectivity issues my iPad. It takes a long time to load and sometimes will not load a page at all. I seem to be having issues with streaming in that it will play a song and just stop. It seems I have to turn it completely off and restart.
Anyone had these issues?

Settings > General > Reset > Reset network settings

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