What could be causing this?

I use a macbook running 10.5.2

ISP is Time Warner Residential

Router is Linksys WRT 54g


I've tried resetting router and modem, still slow.

3/20/2008 7:17:12 PM

Connect directly to modem, reset, report back. If its fast then then router is the problem. I'll post more when I'm at the computer, too much typing on phone

3/20/2008 7:21:37 PM

internet slow eh. some of the tubes must be clogged.

3/20/2008 7:38:35 PM

Connected directly to modem, reset, and did speedtest



wat?



[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 12:28 AM. Reason : .]

3/21/2008 12:27:01 AM

Jah, I'm in Cary and am having the same problem.
Ahmet

3/21/2008 12:39:09 AM

Time Warner sometimes has (very) slow DNS lookups. I switched mine to 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3

3/21/2008 12:48:32 PM

^Trying that now

[Edited on March 21, 2008 at 12:53 PM. Reason : .]

3/21/2008 12:50:00 PM

What applications are you running.

They do throttle some protocols, and they have admitted to lowering priority on certain traffic.

3/21/2008 12:59:12 PM

Running Camino and iChat

sometimes run Transmission

Slow whether or not Transmission is running

3/21/2008 1:40:47 PM

is 4.8Mbps slow for your area? how much do you think you should have? 6.0?

3/21/2008 2:06:57 PM

that number means nothing apparently

It takes about 3 or 4 seconds to load a page on this website

ESPN.com? Try 30 seconds a page

3/21/2008 2:18:49 PM

my DNS using road runner has been really fucking slow lately

3/21/2008 4:20:14 PM

I use NCSU DNS servers, much faster

152.1.1.206 if I remember correctly

3/21/2008 4:30:49 PM

Quote :

"ISP is Time Warner Residential"

Me no expert, but me guess this be problem.

3/21/2008 4:57:15 PM

I'll save you the trouble.

It's a Leopard issue w/ DNS. My TWC was BALLS slow the day I finally got a Mac.

Here's why: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=392852

Rather than reading all 15 pages, here's your solution:
https://www.opendns.com/start?device=apple-osx-leopard

Do exactly what it says -- add those 2 DNS IPs, hit okay, and I'll bet your golden. Worked for me, anyway.

3/21/2008 5:36:56 PM

A+++ will come here for advice again.

3/22/2008 3:23:22 AM