[starzplacez]

Hello All,

Been lurking around here but finally decided to join and post my question, go easy on me please!

I have searched and didn't find anything directly related, this thread didn't seemed exactly like my problem and I have tried to add a new location in networks under preference to no avail, so here goes....

Ever since I upgraded to 10.6.4, my wifi has become so slow it got to the point to unusable. I thought maybe it was the range, but I have gone has far to sitting next to my router and it was still slow. It would take about 1 minute to load Google, and sometimes it wouldn't even load.

The wifi indicator near the top right shows at least 2-3 bars, and full bar when I am close to the router (Time Capsule from Apple, ironically) but the speed is horrible. Any ideas? Could it be a bad WiFi card?

Thanks in advance!

[soho100]

Have you tried connecting directly with Ethernet to the router and then checking speed...it could narrow the problem down.

[starzplacez]

Originally Posted by soho100

Have you tried connecting directly with Ethernet to the router and then checking speed...it could narrow the problem down.

I will do that tonight when I get home and try it. I didn't because none of the computer at home is Ethernet. The Time Capsule is behind our entertainment center for the TV and Blu-Ray.

[starzplacez]

UPDATE: Got home and plugs into the ethernet and everything works fine and speed is completely normal. In fact, I am typing this right now on it. As soon as I unplug it and turn airport back on, it goes back to next to a crawl. Help Please!!

[starzplacez]

SOLVED, it never dawned on me that it wasn't the Wifi card, it is actually the channels on the routers. Apparently there are some channels that are better liked by PCs, and some by Macs. I had to play around with them and found that channel 8 worked a lot better than 5 on both.