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I have a problem with the speed of my internet connection under OSX 10.4.7 (JaS).

 

My download rates start at 1MB/s but after a few seconds then fall to 170 KB/s !!!

Now here is the strange thing, I tested the speed of the internet connection under Parallels running Windows XP.

Thus the instance of Parallels runs inside OSX 10.4.7 (JaS). I got stable download rates at 1MB/s !!!

 

Thus that let me think there's an internal problem with OSX.

 

Please have a look at those screenshots:

 

Here the download rate in firefox under OSX 10.4.7 => 171 KB/s

 

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Here the download rate in Safari under OSX 10.4.7 => 177 KB/s:

 

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Here the download rate in Internet Explorer under Parallels running Windows XP => 1000 KB/s

 

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Also I referenced the IP of my router as the DNS server (which is optional).

 

My conclusions are that something is wrong with OSX.

Any help will be appreciated...

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I doubt it is related to the adapter cause I tried with the onboard LAN adapter and with a usb dongle wireless adapter. Same results.

 

Here is my config:

 

my board: Intel D945GNTLR with integrated LAN controller 10/100 LAN.

(10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562GX/82562GZ PLC device).

 

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ASUS WL-167G (wireless USB dongle)

 

And what exactly is your config and your problem?

 

Wees gegroet MikeNL :-p

My internet connection on X never was fast.

 

In my old rig (P4 + P4P800 + realtek nic card) and the new one (sig) never got more than 200k download speed. In windows I reach 1000K.

 

I think its something with the automatic settings, link 100 full speed and so on..

Hey asapreta! Thanks for your reply!

 

I tried to play with those settings and set them manually.

 

I tried the following settings under Ethernet:

 

- 100baseTX half-duplex

- 100baseTX full-duplex

- 10baseT/UTP half-duplex

- 10baseT/UTP full-duplex

 

None of them gave me full speed, so I guess this is not the problem, I set it back to automatic.

 

Maybe some revelant info about my kext related to network:

 

AppleIntel8254XEthernet:

 

Version: 1.1.2

Last Modified: 04/01/06 03:38

Get Info String: 1.1.2, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2005

Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntel8254XEthernet.kext

kext Version: 1.1.2

Load Address: 0x2981b000

Valid: Yes

Authentic: Yes

Dependencies: Incomplete

Dependency Errors:

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found

Integrity: Kext is modified

 

AppleIntel8255x:

 

Version: 1.4

Last Modified: 04/01/06 03:39

Get Info String: 1.4, Copyright Apple Computer, Inc. 2001-2004

Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntel8255x.kext

kext Version: 1.4

Load Address: 0x23bd5000

Valid: Yes

Authentic: Yes

Dependencies: Incomplete

Dependency Errors:

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily: No valid version of this dependency can be found

Integrity: Kext is modified

 

IONetworkingFamily:

 

Version: 1.5.0

Last Modified: 04/01/06 03:47

Get Info String: Version 1.5.0, Copyright 2000-2005 Apple Computer, Inc.

Location: /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext

kext Version: 1.5.0

Load Address: 0x2965b000

Valid: Yes

Authentic: Yes

Dependencies: Satisfied

Integrity: Kext is modified

 

 

asapreta, could you please check if you have such dependencies unsatisfied? It's under System Profiler, Software=> Extensions

 

Thanks

Just received the GA 311 netgear card.

It has the RTL8169 chipset. It's recognized out-of-the-box, but I had to set manually the speed rate.

 

Same {censored}!!! Can't get higher speed than 200KB/s...

 

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

 

Anyone with this card has better results???

  • 2 weeks later...

Do you Use Comcast? I remember reading something on the Apple site where they fixed that in one of their updates.

 

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304200

 

 

Networking and modem

Resolves performance issues that could occur when connecting to a Comcast network.

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