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Sloooow Macbook wireless speeds... please helP!
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My point nothing to do with the slowdown for the wired tests, but for wireless remember it is a PRE-n router, there is no confirmed n standard yet, and the macbook only has upto the latest standard, which is g unless im wrong. So you will only get g speeds...
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If you have the "pre-N" features enabled on that router, it could seriously degrade your "G" performance. If it has an option to use only G standards, go for that and see what happens.
None of the "speed doubler" or "pre-N" devices complies with IEEE standards in those faster modes, so it's a crap shoot whether actually standard-compliant devices will work with them.
Finally USE WPA!!!! DO NOT USE WEP!!!! WEP is about as secure as a screen door, while WPA is VERY secure and has yet to be successfully breached. The only successful exploit against WPA attacks the passphrase-to-key algorithm and is only successful with very short, very stupid passphrases (like "passphrase" or short combinations of dictionary words). And WPA is standardized very well; enter the same passphrase on ANY compliant device (that's any "G" device and even some "B" devices like old AirPort cards) and you WILL get the correct key and you WILL connect.
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you could try reseting the router(s) and equipment and update the wireless (airport) on your guy's macbooks.
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I have a similar situation where the speed of my wireless connection at home can be really bad (Netgear WGR614v3). The one thing that really helps is to change the channel which the base station operates on. You can use an app like Kismac, MacStumbler, or iStumbler to find out which channels are being used by the base stations your Mac picks up. Try to keep them as far apart as possible (e.g. Channels 1, 6, or 11). Most will ship using Channel 6, I think.
Other things that have helped include disabling the "extra" features, such as 108Mbps, extended range, and using "g (54Mbps)- only".
This gives me a top speed of about 16Mbps (2MB/s) when doing file transfers over AFP/SMB. Not too bad, though not that great either.
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One thing that can make a connection seem bad is interference. Basically it seems slow because the radios have to retransmit so much of the traffic due to the interference. Changing from the default channel the device was on from the factory is good for a number of reasons (aside from the fact that everybody seems to just leave the things on that same channel), and this is one of the better ones. It can't hurt anything, and if you get much better speeds from changing it, you're done!
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Sounds like an AirPort firmware update in there somewhere... But I'm glad you found a solution!
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Glenn -----
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