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- MacBook 2.0 GhZ, Black
I have a MacBook (black, 2 GHz, 1 gig ram) and am connected via a Linksys wireless router. Everything runs smooth as silk, but I had some troubles the other night using the video conference option in iChat.
I wanted to talk with my family on the East Coast (I live in Oakland), and we kept running into some serious delays. If we disconnected and connected up again, it would run perfectly. But after about 15 seconds or so of use, things would start to get pretty choppy, and eventually our signal would get delayed by a good 20 seconds or so.
They are using AIM on a PC, so I don't know if that created an issue. I did notice that if they lowered the quality on their feed, things ran a bit smoother. Is there a way to lower the quality of my transmission to help keep things running? Or is the router holding things up? Is there anything I can try to improve the signal? A different program than iChat perhaps?
Thanks for the advice!
I wanted to talk with my family on the East Coast (I live in Oakland), and we kept running into some serious delays. If we disconnected and connected up again, it would run perfectly. But after about 15 seconds or so of use, things would start to get pretty choppy, and eventually our signal would get delayed by a good 20 seconds or so.
They are using AIM on a PC, so I don't know if that created an issue. I did notice that if they lowered the quality on their feed, things ran a bit smoother. Is there a way to lower the quality of my transmission to help keep things running? Or is the router holding things up? Is there anything I can try to improve the signal? A different program than iChat perhaps?
Thanks for the advice!