On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:30 AM, Geoff Black wrote: > I have three macs and 2 pcs on the network and only the G5 - PPC Quad > is the culprit.
How did you determine the G5 is the culprit? If it was by using Net Monitor Sidekick, what info was shown about the offending remote address? I have a G5, and my brother swears my G5 is clogging our network so that his MacBook Pro won't connect with any reasonable speed. His evidence is anecdotal but seemingly consistent. His "solution" is to shutdown the G5, which he swears it clears up his MacBook connection issues completely. Out setup is very different from yours. We connect wirelessly thru an Apple 802.11n Time Capsule router. I have Little Snitch and Menu Meters installed on the G5 and its background network activity is nearly zero mbps, so our supposed "clogging" appears to be some sort of wireless radio interference. The strange thing is that this interference doesn't seem to affect other Macs or PCs connected wirelessly thru the same router. If the MacBook Pro is connected via an ethernet cable rather than wirelessly the problem also disappears, so it does seem to be a wireless interference issue for me. For your issue I'd suggest that if you're certain the G5 is the culprit you should open Activity Monitor and start killing off processes one at a time until the activity stops, and the repeating the process with only the process that stops the activity. Obviously, if you stop any System activity that's a required process for networking to function, that won't be the correct solution you're looking for, so you'll need to be careful to not disable your networking while getting at whatever process my be responsible for your issue. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
