Mike, I want to add my thanks as well, I also tried this with Insight Cable and it did help a bunch. Now if I can remember to turn back on when the laptop is using dial-up. So appreciate you sharing your knowledge.
John R. On Aug 30, 2004, at 12:44 AM, Bill Holt wrote: > Thanks Mike. I'd been seeing exactly the same thing, but through a > different dsl provider. Took the same steps and got the same result > ... now > quite zippy. I have absolutely no idea why it worked. > > Bill Holt > >> From: Mike Watkins <watk5926 at bellsouth.net> >> Reply-To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 15:52:58 -0400 >> To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Subject: MacGroup: Very slow DSL... >> >> All, >> >> I have BellSouth's DSL and have always done very well with it. It used >> to be super fast. Lately, I've been noticing that it's slowing down. >> Yesterday, it refused to even open most websites, even my BellSouth >> webmail. So I called BellSouth. Luckily, I got a rep who knew what to >> do. >> >> He led me through System Preferences to Network. Under Proxies, he >> then >> instructed me to remove the check before Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV). >> He said it should only be checked if I use a dial-up system. >> Wonder of all wonders, it worked... and today my Safari is again >> lightning fast and wonderful. My E-mail has stopped giving me frequent >> warnings that I may not be able to receive mail. I am happy. >> >> The only thing that puzzles me is why this seems to have been a >> progressive slow-down, rather than an immediate failure. I have never >> changed those settings since I have been using Jaguar. (I am on a 15" >> flat screen iMac, version 10.2.8, if that matters.) >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
