Change your DNS servers on the Mac to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 and see if it makes a difference.
--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Arnold Kee <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Arnold Kee <[email protected]> > Subject: [CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 10:15 PM > Hello all: > > Are there gremlins out to get me? I swear that the day I > said to myself that one of the reasons why I continued to > favor my MAC over the PC laptops I get with each job is how > much more efficient it is when using the internet......all > of a sudden, it now acts really slowly and fails to connect > with my wireless network consistently. Meanwhile, my PC > Laptop, issued with Windows 2007 works fine. They could be > sitting right next to each other, the PC keeps receiving and > pushing out within the home wireless network, while the MAC > stutters. This is not meant to instigate yet another virtual > knife fight among various users. I'm just wondering if > anyone else is experiencing this problem and whether there's > a fix. I tried to get on a Genius Bar waiting list, but they > are booked solid. > Internet diagnostics for the MAC say that internet is > working fine, and I downloaded the ProtectMac trial version > to check for malicious code--nothing found. > In one search there was the suggestion that there may be a > DNS problem...that is, the MAC is having trouble translating > word versions of addresses into their numerical IP > addresses. Does that make sense? > This is pretty frustrating because I don't know how to > begin to diagnose the real problem, I've just isolated it > because I know that it's not my router, or internet > connection....else I wouldn't be able to send this email > with my work laptop. > Thanks, Arnold > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, > archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
