WRT150N Slow Connection Possible Solution
I've been having sever trouble getting my desktop computers using the WMP300N cards working at the propper speed with my WRT150N router. Linksys tech support had me set the following in Advanced Wireless Settings which improved the situation:
192.168.1.1 >> Wireless >> Advanced Wireless Settings:
Beacon Interval: 75
DTIM Interval: 1
Fragmentation Threshold: 2306
RTS Threshold: 2307
I've also specified Wide and Standard wireless channels and am using WEP security.
However, I'd still get reccuring connection problems with these settings. I've made the following changes to the wireless adapter settings in Windows XP. Keep in mind this applies for WMP300N cards only, no claim that your card has all the same settings. Only those I've changed are listed.
System Properties >> Device Manager >> Network Adapters >> Wireless Adapter >> Advanced
Afterburner: Enabled
Fragmentation threshold: 2306
IBSS Mode: 802.11a/b/g/n Auto
Rate: Use Best Rate
RTS Threshold: 2307
Any comments would be appriciated. I don't know whether any of the changes to the adapter settings besides setting the same Fragmentation and RTS thresholds actually did anything.
Perhaps I spoke too soon. Making these changes brought my download speeds back up to 6,000 kbps from 600 kbps for about ten minutes. However, they just dropped back to 500 or 600 kbps again. Is there some automatic bandwidth limiter built into the WRT300N router? All four laptops I've got connected to the router seem to be working fine on their internal wireless G cards. They get 1,500 to 2,000 kbps download speeds. All the comptuers get 600 kbps upload speeds, this doesn't change with a wired connection to the router and is limited by Comcast, my internet provider.
Any thoughts? If there is a bandwith limiter I'd love to figure out how to turn it off.
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The LAPTOP IS ABLE TO USE ALL GOOGLE FEATURES without DESELECTING Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic DESELECTED). Why this is apparent I have not officially confirmed.
What I do know is that I have tried to Uninstall Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) with the appropriate uninstaller but it FAILS during the uninstall (I wanted to uninstall and reinstall, it appears the program became corrupted). What I did to possibly circumvent this was to search for the phrase 'Personal Fire" using the Finder's Find feature (Search for items whose name contains 'Personal Fire') and deleted all the files that came up related to Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48). I then reinstalled Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48) since then, and it continues to have the problem with Enable suspicious activity protection (with Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic selected).
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Run TechTool Pro version 4.1.2
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Initialize HardDrive with complete reinstallation of OSX 10.3.9
To Summarize Possible Solution
I've tried many possible solutions, what appears to work best as of now is to DESELECT Enable suspicious activity protection (making sure Deny outgoing suspicious traffic and Deny incoming suspicious traffic are deselected) under Protection Settings in Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48).
One could try deselecting something similar in any firewall application other than Norton Personal Firewall Version 3.0 (48), to see if it is suspicious activity settings in firewalls that cause the problem.
Any comments/feedbacks are extremely welcome.
Hope It Helps!
iMac G4 800Mhz SD 10.3.9 & PowerBook G4 15" 1 Ghz 10.3.9
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iMac G4 800Mhz SDHello tr:
Welcome to Apple discussions and thank you for your very very thorough post.
Your instincts to delete anything named "Norton" were right on the mark. Norton software is POISON to Macs running OS X. An additional software firewall is, IMHO, completely unnecessary. Turn on the built-in firewall in OS X - it is robust. In fact, if it is already on, there may be a conflict.
Go to Symantec's web site and use the uninstaller you should find there to get rid of the Norton stuff. After you do that, do a "find" on Norton and Symantec to be sure it is all gone - the stuff hides everywhere.
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OS X 10.9 freeze when WiFi is turned off (POSSIBLE SOLUTION)
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04/11/13 14:31:02,000
kernel[0]
2766.617367: setDISASSOC from ATH_INTERFACE_CLASS disconnectVap
04/11/13 14:31:02,000
kernel[0]
2766.630567: setDISASSOCIATE ****STA SYNC DISASSOC SUCCESS
04/11/13 14:31:02,000
kernel[0]
2766.630581: switchVap from 1 to 1
04/11/13 14:31:03,000
kernel[0]
flow_divert_kctl_disconnect (0): disconnecting group 1
04/11/13 14:31:03,980
configd[19]
network changed: v4(en1-:10.0.0.4) DNS- Proxy-
04/11/13 14:31:03,984
UserEventAgent[11]
Captive: CNPluginHandler en1: Inactive
04/11/13 14:31:04,145
netbiosd[170]
network_reachability_changed : network is not reachable, netbiosd is shutting down
04/11/13 14:31:12,814
awacsd[58]
KV HTTP 0
04/11/13 14:31:17,886
awacsd[58]
KV HTTP 0
04/11/13 14:31:27,959
awacsd[58]
KV HTTP 0
04/11/13 14:31:28,344
Google Drive[282]
BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_WRITE] delete: "No such file or directory" - 0x2
04/11/13 14:32:44,000
bootlog[0]
BOOT_TIME 1383571964 0
(Last line is me powering the Mac on, after a forced shutdown; for some reason some lines have been lost forever: before the last one, there were some more "awacsd ... KV HTTP 0")
This is what happen to my Mac when I turn off the AirPort card; I don't know if "Google Drive" or "libdispatch client" are the problem, but quitting Google Drive solved this madness.
Hope this helps.
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Re: MacBook Pro (2007) 3,1 & 10.8.5 freezing
Re: MacBook Pro (2007) 3,1 & 10.8.5 freezing
Message was edited by: Tom.myI'm experiencing a similar issue.
In my case, a conflicting kext (kernel extension) from a vitual machine (VirtualBox) was causing an immediate freeze after turning Wi-Fi off. After disabling the kext's scripts, I can now disable Wi-Fi safely but if I reboot then the system hangs at radom instances of boot sequence (for example while showing the apple logo, or at the login screen or a few seconds after entering the password).
I can only boot in single user mode (command-option-S) so after looking around a way to turn on WiFi from the command line, I ended up using a daemon (boot script) that turns on WiFi before anything else happens (at least as soon as the airport card is running).
In any case, I left the instructions here, just for reference.
The script should be created in /Library/LaunchDaemons
It can have any name with "plist" extension, I choosen "com.fixwifi.wifion.plist"
To create the file type: nano /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.fixwifi.wifion.plist
Enter the following text (it's a lot of text, I know, but it is better than nothing):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.fixwifi.wifion</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<dict>
<key>SuccesfulExit</key>
<false/>
</dict>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>networksetup</string>
<string>-setairportpower</string>
<string>en1</string>
<string>on</string>
</array>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>2</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
When finished, type "ctrl-x", then "y" to save and enter. Reboot.
This script will:
- try to power on the en1 interface as soon as the script loads
- if it fails (because the interface is not running yet), will try to turn it on every two seconds
- once the interface is on (exit is succesful), then unload the script.
Note that this script assumes the airport interface is named "en1". It can also work with the word "airport" (at least in my tests).
Good luck!
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