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Webcam in MacBook kills the internet connection.
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As soon as the webcam starts working - with PhotoBooth or used as a webcam - the internect connection is totally blocked.
As soon as i stop the webcam, everything is back to normal.
What can THAT be and what can i do to repair that problem?
Very thankful for any hint you can give me!
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Do you mean using the internet on other computers suffers while the webcam is on, or the MacBook's performance decreases?
When using the camera as a webcam, internet performance is expected to decrease as your bandwidth is used to broadcast the video.
Are you sure the internet connection slows down when using Photobooth?
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The MacBooks Internet connection totally breaks down.
I don´t even get a ping through while the webcam is working, and it´s really about the working camera, also in photobooth.
I tested it out: As soon as i activate the cam, the Internet connection is totally blocked.
It´s definitely totally weird.
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what OS version are you using?
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What kind of Internet connection do you have? Test its speed with a speed test at dslreports.com and report back.
If you have dial-up and you're trying to do video, then you have other problems. ;-)
Steve
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Originally Posted by Cold Warrior 
what OS version are you using?
Leopard, but it has been the same with Tiger. I have been testing around why the internet connection is breaking down from time to time - and now i found out it stops as soon as i start the webcam.
Originally Posted by ibook_steve
What kind of Internet connection do you have? Test its speed with a speed test at dslreports.com and report back.
If you have dial-up and you're trying to do video, then you have other problems. ;-)
DSL 6000 - the connection works totally fine and is fast enough, but as soon as i start the webcam, there is not SLOW connection left, but NO connection.
It really breaks down. And it also happens if i am using the cam with PhotoBooth without sending anything to the Web.
I am really wondering what kind of problem this is... does the Webcam use ports that interfere with the Internet connection? Or can it be a hardware problem - perhaps the cam kills the WLAN intermission?
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