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<blockquote data-quote="daved9664" data-source="post: 1061759" data-attributes="member: 159977"><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Hello fellow MAC users!</span></p><p></p><p>I have a Netgear WNR2000 wireless router. </p><p></p><p>I'm wondering which type of settings, security related or not, would allow my MBP to preform it's best when surfing the world wide web. </p><p></p><p>Plain WPA-PSK [TKIP], with it set on up to 300, 145, or 45mps is slower than a PC when surfing. Each page will take upwards of 10 seconds to fully load. And since I have a MAC, I have higher standards than that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>When I switch it to no security settings (open network), Safari loads pages reasonably fast, though still not comparable to one click and you're there which I have seen most MACs do connected to other networks.</p><p></p><p>I had my buddy who has taken Networking classes configure it for me. He set the security to WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] at up to 300mps. We checked all the other mps settings and 300mps ran the fastest. It ran at god speed. It was finally one click and boom, you're there.</p><p>But then I took my MBP into town with me thus disconnecting from my network to get coffee. The coffee shop had a secure, locked network. I connected to it by acquiring the password, but it went the same speed as I described earlier (min of 10 secs per page). So I decided to connect to the building's open network and it ran much faster, not god speed, but still faster than a locked network. </p><p></p><p>I came back home, entered my network's password, and it did not go as fast as it did! I didn't change any of the MBP's settings.</p><p></p><p>Are locked networks slower? Do I need to change some non-security related settings? Which settings will run fastest with MAC OS X? </p><p></p><p>I want my god speed back! Someone help!!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daved9664, post: 1061759, member: 159977"] [SIZE="6"]Hello fellow MAC users![/SIZE] I have a Netgear WNR2000 wireless router. I'm wondering which type of settings, security related or not, would allow my MBP to preform it's best when surfing the world wide web. Plain WPA-PSK [TKIP], with it set on up to 300, 145, or 45mps is slower than a PC when surfing. Each page will take upwards of 10 seconds to fully load. And since I have a MAC, I have higher standards than that :) When I switch it to no security settings (open network), Safari loads pages reasonably fast, though still not comparable to one click and you're there which I have seen most MACs do connected to other networks. I had my buddy who has taken Networking classes configure it for me. He set the security to WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] at up to 300mps. We checked all the other mps settings and 300mps ran the fastest. It ran at god speed. It was finally one click and boom, you're there. But then I took my MBP into town with me thus disconnecting from my network to get coffee. The coffee shop had a secure, locked network. I connected to it by acquiring the password, but it went the same speed as I described earlier (min of 10 secs per page). So I decided to connect to the building's open network and it ran much faster, not god speed, but still faster than a locked network. I came back home, entered my network's password, and it did not go as fast as it did! I didn't change any of the MBP's settings. Are locked networks slower? Do I need to change some non-security related settings? Which settings will run fastest with MAC OS X? I want my god speed back! Someone help!!!! :) [/QUOTE]
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