I know. It's crazy. that's why I thought I'd ask on list. Do you know how to modify the settings? I've looked under network in System Prefs, but don't see anything that might address this issue. Best, Donna On Aug 2, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Kliphton Senior <[email protected]> wrote:
> There must be a setting messed up or something, because the time capsule > gives the fastest wireless connection there is. I get a free wifi modem > with my provider, but I don't use it because my time capsule gives me 3 > times the speed. > > Kliphton > ~iMessage,Email&FaceTime-Audio~ [email protected] > ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype~ kliphton72 > ~Text only~ 727-266-5283 > "Personal blog-read at your own risk!" http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 9:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Time Capsule slowing our internet download speed > > I think the problem is in part the time capsule, and in part the modem. > We're connecting using the cable modem provided by our service provider. > When I say we took the time capsule out of the loop, I mean that we > connected my husband's PC directly to the cable modem. Even then we're not > getting the speed we're supposed to be getting, but it's significantly > faster when we don't run things through the time capsule. > Thanks, > Donna > On Aug 2, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When you say you took TC out of the loop, what exactly did it mean? Is it > the wireless performance that's the trouble, or is it also a router? If > it's a router, are you using plain IP routing, with NAT, or PPPoE with NAT? > What did you connect to get on the Internet, if not your TC? >> >> The firmware of the Time Capsule has had some very flaky performance > characteristics over the years, but your latest-generation model should not > be struggling to NAT at anything less than 200 mbit/s or so, even when using > PPPoE (which I don't recommend). Wireless, now that's an entirely different > kettle of fish; you can well expect, especially in urban areas, that > Ethernet performance will be highly reliable even where Wi-Fi isn't. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
