Comments on: Slow Internet with Leopard https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/ Thu, 03 Apr 2014 01:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 By: Ian https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-542 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 01:31:26 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-542 Thank you for your help. The only thing I was able to get it to work was to change the MTU settings to 1452 which I read on the numerous sites that I have been browsing trying to solve this problem. It worked great, for 30 minutes. THen it started all over again. When I tried your solution, I got to terminal where I entered the Tcdump command and it said device not configured so I could not go on from there. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Elis https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-541 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:31:35 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-541 This advice was great! I’m terrible at trouble shooting, and was able to follow your advice perfectly. Disabling the IPv6 DNS lookups is what fixed it. *big sigh*- thank you!

]]> By: Chris https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-540 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 21:16:44 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-540 I’m sooo frustrated.
-I have a cable modem > Netgear router > 3 computers.
-An iMac with SnowLeopard – 10.6.2 – no internet slowness at all
-Dare i say, a Windows XP PC – no internet slowness either.
-A G4, dual 1.8 Ghz with 1.5GB of RAM. I’ve erased and installed fresh, Leopard 10.5. = internet is crawling.
I’ve tried adding the DNS as you’ve described above by duplicating the Location. Everything was checking out fine thru Terminal, but still the browsing was a problem. I don’t get it.
I restarted Safari. I rebooted
Still slow.
I’m reluctant to change anything on the router, because the other 2 machines are absolutely fine.
Please advise?

]]> By: Brian https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-539 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:19:57 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-539 Thanks Ben!
I can’t believe how simple you made the solution sound. I began reading your article not even understanding DNS though I still don’t understand iPv4. but who cares because your fix will make me a hero now that our internet is back in the fast lane.
Thanks,
Brian

]]> By: bindi https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-538 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:28:25 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-538 thanks a lot.. its quite sad its not helped me though.. im so so so tired of my mac.. i bought a second hand n dont hav the user password! phew.. guess il have to sell it off too.. 🙁

]]> By: dennis https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-537 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:06:23 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-537 Thanks so much for the DNS suggestions. My machine is now working at lightning speeds.

]]> By: R. D. https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-536 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:41:53 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-536 Awesome job Ben! My wife and I both have Macs and have had the slow internet issue for like two years or more. Just changing the DNS to the one recommended
did the trick for both or our computers. How easy was that. Do you know how much time I have waisted sitting and waiting for AOL to launch or countless websites to load?… It’s like having a new computer!
Sincerely,
Ryan and Noelle

]]> By: Paul https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-535 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:30:59 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-535 This is an excellent article – thanks for posting!

I think changing the DNS server is doing the trick – I will see how it goes long term.

]]> By: a b https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-534 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:35:57 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-534 I read all of the comments, complaints and solutions offered on various sites for slow Safari. Mine has been killing me. Pages won’t load, or only will load if I stop and start the load over and over. It is incredibly slow on many pages/sites, but super fast on other sites or when I do a speed test (speedtest.net). I tried configuration changes to Safari and my router, using OpenDNS, and all those suggestions off the boards. My Windows PC works fine and does not have the slow internet problems. I have a cable modem and separate Belkin $80 router. Belkin has never offered any SW updates, and I have the most recent updates for all MAC SW. It got worse (slower) with updates of MAC SW, not better. When I plug directly into the cable modem Safari works fine. Through the router, whether wifi or cat-5, it does not work well, as described above. I believe that the router is not forwarding or proxying messages that Safari now requires (DNS related and other things maybe). I bought a new router, which happened to be the MAC router extreme, and all works totally fine! That’s it. You can beat your head against a wall playing with things, or just go buy a new router that deals with it.

]]> By: Lily https://installingcats.com/2008/06/05/slow-internet-with-leopard/#comment-533 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:31:44 +0000 http://installingcats.com/?p=66#comment-533 Ben Thank you soOooo much, you just made me feel very powerful…
I had a PC and just bought a Macbook…was just about to regret my purchase with such a slow connection…everything sorted out now, thank you for making it possible!!

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