MBP slow internet

Had this problem before sorta, drop $ on a top wireless-n router... that fixed it, was able to stream HD videos etc, whereas before even 360p Youtube vids did nothing but buffer. Now its doing that again and kinda lags online when browsing, I've reset the router etc, nothing changes. I have a pc in another room across the condo and it works perfectly on the same wireless network, no problem streaming videos or watching anything on youtube. Yet my $$$ mbp 13 can't do that. It's not my internet as the PC is fine.

I've seen on other boards people post the same issues but no real help offered, there has to be something wrong with these friggen computers on wireless. Pathetic that my gf's cheap netbook can stream videos better and faster with no buffering than my "fancy mbp"

This is what shows up using terminal for DNS:
domain hsd1.fl.comcast.net.
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
nameserver 4.2.2.1
nameserver 4.2.2.2
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

 

Try connecting your ethernet cord directly to your Macbook.

 

can't I've never fig out these stupid macbooks, sometimes I could connect by ethernet and had to restart to use it with the wireless off, sometimes that worked sometimes it didn't. Now I used the ethernet again and it said: Ethernet has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the internet. Usually i could reset the computer and work but won't now.

 

Try calling the cable company and have them reset your modem.

 

The other thing which can work sometimes to fix things like this is just to do a simple power cycle of the modem.

For those who might not know this process -- Unplug the modem, wait 5 min for it to drop off the cable network, plug it in, wait a couple of minutes for it to log back into the system and then restart your notebook/desktop before trying to connect again.

There are a lot of things that can happen on the cable provider's end in the network which can screw up your modem's functioning and connection speed, which the power cycle might fix. Else, the modem itself could be malfunctioning and going bad and need to be replaced. Had this happen to relatives a couple of times, and the new modem was the solution.

 

keep in mind, that when you power cycle a modem, you should also do it to your router.

I like to disconnect from wireless network first (or unplug the cat5e/6). next pull the plug on the router, then the modem. wait a few minutes. plug in just the modem, and wait for the lights settle down (first few minutes it will acquire an IP from your ISP, and get its own settings sorted out). after that is done, plug your router back in and wait for a few minutes again to let it get an IP, etc.

after all that, then try to connect to wifi or plug the cat5e/6 back in.

also, you could try pinging your router/modem to see if it drops out at all.

-also, what is your bandwidth? if you both are streaming HD content, it might be eating up all your bandwidth, and as a result everything would be slow.

- is your macbook in the same area as the other laptops? if not, put them all in the same area and test them. (try a known good area, and the trouble spots for the macbook).

hope this helps.

 

Yeh I already tried resetting the modem and router countless times but doesn't help, even had Comcast send a refresher signal to the modem and didn't help.

Now it seems to be working ok after I messed with the DNS and put only 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 , which is kinda what I've had to do before... why do I have to keep changing the dns on this friggen macbook to get it to work correctly? I've never had to do that with any pc, and my pc is in another room and with the door closed it can stream HD content faster than my $ Macbook even with the MBP right next to the router.

Seems to be working ok right now, but I really beleive these computers just suck on wifi looking at same complaints from others online when running on wireless.

 

What kind of router do you use?

are you using DNS settings supplied by your ISP, or DNS settings from opendns or similar?

 

d-link wireless n, their top one I believe it was $.

I just used 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 now, i've changed it so many times since people on the mac forums with same issue told to input all different numbers. So I don't even know which is which lol.

 

try having DNS and IP adress set to automatic. another thing to check is what type of encryption you are using as well as the length of your key ( network password ) .. OSX can be somewhat picky here

 

you should really have it on auto. unless you have a reason to change it, leave it on auto so it picks up the settings from your ISP.

however, if the other laptops work 100% fine, then that shouldn't be an issue.

if you have applecare, i would suggest calling them up and see if they can help resolve it. it might be a faulty wifi card.

 

you mean for locations? it's set as auto

Out of apple care now, but I had taken it to the store while it still had it when I had this problem before, they said nothing was wrong. Even showed how youtube etc and other streaming sites were buffering on the computers in the store. They said it was the websites, bs, b/c why would my pc load with no buffering ever?