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Title: Slow speeds of 6.5 Mbps on NEW 13 inch macboo using bootcamp
Post by: 09tsxeer on November 08, 2008, 02:28:42 PM
Hey all. I just currently purchased a new Macboo 13 inch.  On Mac OSX.. wireless seems to work just fine. However, when I bootcamp windows up, my speeds are noticeably slow. I use to get perfect reception and speeds with my sony vaio. Now I have to be right next to the router to be roughly getting 103 Mbps. When I walk away, I notice the signal dropping to about 30 percent and thats only down the short hallway about 7 feet total. My reception drops and my speed is dropped SIGNIFICANTLY! Can someone address the problem and help me out? I can't do homework nor browse with slowlike speeds. Thank You. Seems to happen with my netgear too. And I also have not upgrade to the 1.21 firmware yet. Usually it shoudn't drop that low right?

Travis
Title: Re: Slow speeds of 6.5 Mbps on NEW 13 inch macboo using bootcamp
Post by: gshaghoian on November 08, 2008, 05:51:12 PM
You answered your own question.

"Seems to happen with my Netgear too."

It's your computer - not the router.
Title: Re: Slow speeds of 6.5 Mbps on NEW 13 inch macboo using bootcamp
Post by: 09tsxeer on November 08, 2008, 09:31:01 PM
Hey thanks! But how is it my computer if MAC is running wireless fine, but windows isn't?
Title: Re: Slow speeds of 6.5 Mbps on NEW 13 inch macboo using bootcamp
Post by: EddieZ on November 09, 2008, 04:27:03 AM
Hey thanks! But how is it my computer if MAC is running wireless fine, but windows isn't?

Don't ask. Welcome to the world of the MS Windows OS  ;) Now you know why you bought an Apple.
Try another wireless driver. Is it Vista you use? Then disable the new automatic tcp settings. They can cause a lot of delay. Also disabling IPv6 might help.
Title: Re: Slow speeds of 6.5 Mbps on NEW 13 inch macboo using bootcamp
Post by: Lycan on November 10, 2008, 12:20:08 PM
Could be a bootcamp to hardware issue. Who makes the wireless adapter in the Macbook?
Title: Re: Slow speeds of 6.5 Mbps on NEW 13 inch macboo using bootcamp
Post by: Reinvented on November 10, 2008, 12:52:21 PM
They are either Atheros or Broadcom. 

More than likely the new MB's and MBP's are also using the Broadcom chips.

The updates are far and few between when it comes to drivers or any updates.

You said you are running Windows, but which?  XP or Vista?