Wireless Network, 2 Mac Laptops, (Air and Pro) 2 different download speeds
I have a (Frontier) 24 mbs DSL broadband plan, wired to my desktop, wireless for everything else in the house. I get 24 mbs DL, 2 UL) over ethernet and (wirelessly) in every location in the house except for one room (or so I thought). At first, I thought it was an interference, modem/router location issue, until I checked speeds on both computers, simultaneously, side-by side.. (A mid-2011 MBA and 2010-2011 MBP. These LTs are not heavily loaded with content or applications, and tend to be used mostly for surfing, streaming, minor work tasks.). In the room in question, the MBP gets almost 24 mbs steadily. The MPA, on the other hand, never gets higher that 15 mbs, and fluctuates wildly, sometimes between tests held back to back. Drops as low as 1 mbs, bounces around 3 to 6 to 2 etc. All over the place without regard to time of day, likely high traffic times.
Signal comes into a zyxel router/modem combo (Frontier says "bonded pair" last mile wiring requires this hardware for which it doesn't charge.)
Any ideas:?
Thanks.
Please check the speed of your connection on this site.
Then start up in Recovery mode. In the OS X Utilities screen, select Get Help Online. A clean copy of Safari will launch. No plugins, such as Flash, will be available. Check again. Then restart as usual and post the results.
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