Wireless file transfer cripple internet connection. Why?

Using 10.6.8 with all the latest updates.
Whenever I'm transferring lots of files, not necessary huge files with 802.11n AirPort base station to a network storage or another Mac, my internet connection is crippled to a crawl. Did all the repair and maintenance but the problem persist.
Never have this problem for years until the recent security update, I think.
Google like **** and can't seems to find a solution. Have another Mac with Lion install and with similar activities, no problem. Do not wish to update my working Mac to Lion yet.
Anyone any idea what could be problem and have a possible fix. I did reapply the 10.6.8 Combo Update and no fix.
Help? Thanks.

No b clients just one mac plugged directly into the
router via ethernet cord, and then my powerbook which
connects wirelessy... to copy a 20mb file it took
10mins...
Which router do you have?
iFelix

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# An example configuration file for MPD
# See the mpd.conf man page for a more detailed description of each parameter.
# Files and directories #######################################################
# This setting controls the top directory which MPD will search to discover the
# available audio files and add them to the daemon's online database. This
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# format. This setting defaults to playlist saving being disabled.
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# This setting sets the location of the MPD database. This file is used to
# load the database at server start up and store the database while the
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# MPD to accept files over ipc socket (using file:// protocol) or streaming
# files over an accepted protocol.
db_file "~/.mpd/mpd.db"
# These settings are the locations for the daemon log files for the daemon.
# These logs are great for troubleshooting, depending on your log_level
# settings.
# The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon. This
# setting defaults to logging to syslog, otherwise logging is disabled.
log_file "~/.mpd/mpd.log"
# This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID
# for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by
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# This setting sets the location of the file which contains information about
# most variables to get MPD back into the same general shape it was in before
# it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default and the server
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# General music daemon options ################################################
# This setting specifies the user that MPD will run as. MPD should never run as
# root and you may use this setting to make MPD change its user ID after
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# This setting sets the address for the daemon to listen on. Careful attention
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What is dropping I guess is the question? Is it wireless? Is it your WAN connection? You need to identify where the problem is.
To do that you need to try a few things.
1. If you use wireless then bypass it and use ethernet if that is possible.. even just drag things around so you can test if ethernet fixes it. If so and wireless is in fact the problem.. then you can do a few things.
2. Wireless issues with the 7.6.4 firmware are common. Did you upgrade about the time the problems started? I am afraid the bad news is, downgrading is not like in the past where it fixed things.. 7.6.4 seems to have some permanent effect on the TC and it is never quite the same again. How this is even possible I have yet to determine.
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Set wireless with short names, no spaces and pure alphanumeric. Different name for 5ghz.
Make sure security is WPA Personal with pure alphanumeric password of 8-20 characters.. unless you are more paranoid.
Fix the wireless channels and test in order. 11, 8, 6, 1
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3. No improvement factory reset again.. downgrade to 7.6.1 or even 7.5.2 if it is an older Gen4 .. at 18months it might be old enough.. no harm trying. Factory reset again after the downgrade to see if we can get rid of the memory effect.. then try the above steps again.
No luck.. whatever the upgrade did it did permanently.. no fix is available until Apple pushes out a new firmware to fix what they did in the last one. Buy a different wireless router for now and use the TC in bridge just for TM backups.

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Yesterday, on Wednesday, for some reason my MacBook "AirPort" would show full bars at the top of the screen but when I opened Safari or iTunes, I had no connection. What's weird is that I had never changed the settings since getting my laptop a year ago and they were locked as well.
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My wife and I went through every single post on the Apple forum discussions site. We tried some interesting things. Putting a $ character before the password. Changing the DNS server numbers. Doing stuff in the unix console. Changing the time on my computer. Nothing worked.
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Most devices (including all Macs, iPhones, and iPod touches) will remember the password after you enter it the first time. Then the device will automatically connect next time that it connects to that network.
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Regarding how to disable Bluetooth file transfer via GPO, in addition to above reply, the following thread can also be referred to for more information.
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I would start by reseating the Airport card. Here is directions on how to access the Airport card. The airport card has to be seated correctly to get a good signal and reliable connection. Make sure the connection is pushed in completely.
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Change your router channel number. Most times this works & is all you have to do.
See KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714 Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting
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System Preferences>Network
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If using a Linksys router, contact LinkSys Customer Support and/or post in their forums.
If using Apple's Airport, please re-post over in one of the AirPort Forums.

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Has anyone found a way to share files to/from the iPad when an Internet connection is not available? We are considering iPads for International conferences and there are times when there's no Internet connection or someone who needs to share files with us can not access the Internet. Using a laptop this is easily solved with USB thumb drives.
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Check out siteclone in the app store. It basically allows you to set up an FTP directory as a "push" location, and clone it on remote devices. Your remote users would be provided a location and user/pass, and they would be populated with whatever content you want them to have. When offline, they can see everything without the need for a connection.

Can I use Time Machine wirelessly without having an internet connection?

I originally bought my time capsule and backed up my Mac when I had access to a Wireless Internet connection. I had no problems with it and it ran beautifully, just like Apple promised. I have now moved and no longer have access to an Internet connection except through a dongle. I want to use the TC as a wireless backup and printer access as I used to but am having problems connecting to it in the same way I used to when I had an Internet Connection. Does anyone know if it can be used in this way and if so do I have to change any of the settings that I have on my TC? I just assumed that I would be able to move the TC and plug it in and my Mac would connect as it always used to. Any ideas?

snowball1 wrote:
If this is so, how do I get my Mac to connect to my TC?
You most likely will need a WiFi router to assign IP addresses to your equipment via DHCP. It's just that the router is not plugged into the internet. Basically you have a private LAN, wired or WiFi.
I presume you meant TimeCapsule, not TimeMachine.
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Hi, I'm quite new to Macs, so please forgive me for spelling out overly basic information!
I'm on a home network which has no access to the internet. Mine is an iMac, while the other 3 computers are Windows based. They are all connected via a wireless router, mine using the built-in AirPort. Everything works great and I can share files via the Sharing area of System Preferences and can quite successfully access all other computers. I can see in the Sharing section that other computers can connect to me via smb://192.168.0.11. Perfect!
Next, I have a 3G USB modem which allows me on to the internet, hey I got to this forum! So this clearly also works well.
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If I have both the AirPort turned on, and the 3G key connected to the internet, I can ONLY have either networking OR internet, not both.
In Network System Preferences, if HUAWEI modem is top of the services pile, the internet works great, however no networking (access is smb://10.239.14.150). If AirPort is top of the services pile, networking works great, but Safari gives up the ghost on attempting to connect to the internet.
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You won't get a USB modem working at the same time as Airport: this is one of the reasons USB modems are a Bad Idea. Is this a mobile dongle connecting to the mobile phone network or an ADSL modem? If the former you are stuck.
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Reinstalled OS and can't get the wireless to find my internet connection.

Hi, first post in here.. I have an imac g5, I don't know which version of the OS I've got, don't know how to check it. I have a dsl wireless connection with SBC, the box is called 2wire. It's set up through a pc and I then connect the mac wirelessly through an air port card. The mac got overloaded with fonts or something and ran really slow and after I saved my personal files I put in the original OS disc to reinstall everything and to give it a fresh start. Everything worked fine, but it can't find the wireless network anymore??? It just doesn't show up under the little antenna icon like it used to, and it won't find it if I scan for it. I put in the air port cd, and it won't let me install any of the two software versions available because it says everything is up to date. Anyone knows where to start looking? I've called SBC nad they couldn't help me, he gave me a mac help number where they wanted to charge me 50$.. !?!?!?! I don't think there's anything with the network itself, since it hasn't been touched, I think it's just some setting on the mac that needs to be looked at. Sorry if I sound pissy, but it's been a few hours now.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

When you do a clean install often you will need to start from scratch and re setup your Internet like starting a new.
You may have to delete any old account you had before and make a new account using the same settings as you had before.
When you do a reInstall it basicly reverts all your settings back to the way they were when you first started.
Cheers Don

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