Hello, I did most of the maintenance steps suggested by Dan: no noticeable change in video streaming ability.
I hooked the computer up to the cable router by direct wire. Puzzling result: although general loading of internet pages was faster, video streaming itself didn't improve much. That experiment showed that the wireless net contributes slows download from internet to some degree. Unfortunately, I don't know what to do about that. I need to be wireless, and the iMac is Core Duo with 802.11 g. Isn't that a fixed limitation on the wireless net speeds? So, it appears the best avenue is to investigate the cable company's "premium" upgrade package.... Incidentally, I ordered more memory, just in case it helps; an additional 1G is merely $25! RS On Jan 5, 12:55 pm, rs_poetic <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all for prompt suggestions - it might take me a few days to > do the maintenance that Dan suggests as a first step, and then I'll > let you know the results.... > RS > > On Jan 4, 2:14 pm, Manuel Jorge Marques <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > It could also be the wi-fi connection... I have an 8 mbit cable > > connection here, but I do tell the difference (in terms of > > responsiveness...) between the wired and the wireless connection. > > > Manuel Marques, Portugal > > ---------- > > My 68k-server: http://babylonlc.no-ip.org:8080 > > > On Jan 4, 2009, at 19:07 , Kyle Parish wrote: > > > > It's possible that it's your ISP and your bandwidth if you are > > > streaming from Netflix web-site. > > > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> At 8:01 AM -0800 1/4/2009, rs_poetic wrote: > > > >> [2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo iMac, 1 GB, Airport Extreme 11g] > > > >>> when I bought this great iMac a year ago, it seemed really fast - > > >>> and > > >>> yet new challenges now seem to be pushing it to the limit. In > > >>> particular, Netflix Instant Play, which we love, stutters a bit, > > >>> just > > >>> enough to be annoying. > > > >> What OS? Fully updated? Have you run any maintenance tasks? > > > >>> So my question is, where is the bottleneck in internet video > > >>> streaming: computer (with 1 G memory), Airport (older 11g standard), > > >>> or cable (standard package, not the faster upgrade)? > > > >> Those are the possible bottlenecks, any of which could be the cause. > > > >> 1. Fully update your machine's software. > > >> 2. Run the 3 standard maintenance scripts (daily, weekly, monthly) > > >> using OnyX. > > >> 3. Clear and rebuild your system's caches. Do this from OnyX or by > > >> booting into Safe Mode (shift key held down), then rebooting > > >> normally. > > >> 4. Clear your browser's caches. > > > >> If the above doesn't fix the problem, then try connecting to the 'net > > >> wired (not wi-fi). > > > >> If that doesn't fix the problem, then we'll have to start looking at > > >> things beyond your LAN - the cable company, etc, to see if there's a > > >> lag there. > > > >> - Dan. > > >> -- > > >> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
