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Dale Stanbrough2

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:50 am
Post subject: Very slow speeds from Airport Extreme
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I've got an Airport Extreme (square shape) that has very slow access
speeds.

Currently set to 802.11n (with b/g compatibility) and being accessed by
a MacBook with 802.11n, it mostly only manages to pump out ~130 bytes a
second.

I'm on high speed cable, and computers connected via Cat5 cable to the
network all get much higher speeds.

Any ideas on why it could be going so slowly?

Thanks,

Dale

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:16 am
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William A. T. Clark

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:07 pm
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In article <MrNoSpam-B684DE.22290924022008.DeleteThis@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
Dale Stanbrough <MrNoSpam.DeleteThis@bigpoop.net.au> wrote:

> I've got an Airport Extreme (square shape) that has very slow access
> speeds.
>
> Currently set to 802.11n (with b/g compatibility) and being accessed by
> a MacBook with 802.11n, it mostly only manages to pump out ~130 bytes a
> second.
>
> I'm on high speed cable, and computers connected via Cat5 cable to the
> network all get much higher speeds.
>
> Any ideas on why it could be going so slowly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dale

Did you try opening Airport Admin Utility and setting the Airport to a
different channel? If it is being slowed by interference from other
wireless users, then this seems to help.

William Clark
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Dale Stanbrough2

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:07 pm
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Lewis wrote:


> > Any ideas on why it could be going so slowly?
>
> some(one|thing) is connecting at 802.11b?
>
> Try turning off b/g compatibility.

That does make it go faster, but I need b/g for Powerbook we have.
I'd be surprised if that caused it to slow to ~130 byte/sec though...


> Also, which frequency range of n are you using?


It's set to automatic channel. I think you may be asking about something
else though?

Dale

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William A. T. Clar

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:19 am
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In article <MrNoSpam-01A783.08180226022008 DeleteThis @news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
Dale Stanbrough <MrNoSpam DeleteThis @bigpoop.net.au> wrote:

> Lewis wrote:
>
>
> > > Any ideas on why it could be going so slowly?
> >
> > some(one|thing) is connecting at 802.11b?
> >
> > Try turning off b/g compatibility.
>
> That does make it go faster, but I need b/g for Powerbook we have.
> I'd be surprised if that caused it to slow to ~130 byte/sec though...
>
>
> > Also, which frequency range of n are you using?
>
>
> It's set to automatic channel. I think you may be asking about something
> else though?
>
> Dale

Again, change the channel away from automatic to another (higher)
number. That often does the trick.

William Clark
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Dale Stanbrough2

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:35 am
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Dale Stanbrough wrote:

> I've got an Airport Extreme (square shape) that has very slow access
> speeds.
>
> Currently set to 802.11n (with b/g compatibility) and being accessed by
> a MacBook with 802.11n, it mostly only manages to pump out ~130 bytes a
> second.
>
> I'm on high speed cable, and computers connected via Cat5 cable to the
> network all get much higher speeds.
>
> Any ideas on why it could be going so slowly?


Finally found out what the problem was - my laptops had incorrect DNS
settings, so local copies were nice & fast, but lookups always resulted
in DNS timeouts.

No problem with the AE at all!


Dale

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