Hello,
I am new to this site. After many years as a PC user, I have recently switched to the iMac dual core. I am having some problems with the internet and hope someone can help.
I connect to the internet through Comcast (Motorola surfboard modem) and a Netgear WGT624 G 108MP router. At first, I had both the Apple and my old PC connected wirelessly. That was working OK but the Apple kept losing the internet connection when it went to sleep. After some research I determined that others were having this problem and it is probably an error in the iMac hardware.
So I switched to run the internet through the router, keeping the wireless connection for my PC laptop but running an ethernet cable to the iMac. However, I noticed that at time the download speeds on the iMac fluctuate - sometimes they are >6MP, and sometimes they go down to 1.5MP. If I immediately unplug the cable from the router and directly into the modem, the speed jumps back up to >6MP. So it appears to be something in the router. But I need to keep the router so I can keep the wireless connection, which seems to work OK.
Does anyone have any suggestions what I can try to keep the speeds up? I have gotten pretty handy with the iMac but I'm not skilled enough yet to know what settings to change, etc. without some guidance.
Thanks in advance for your time.
MB
I am new to this site. After many years as a PC user, I have recently switched to the iMac dual core. I am having some problems with the internet and hope someone can help.
I connect to the internet through Comcast (Motorola surfboard modem) and a Netgear WGT624 G 108MP router. At first, I had both the Apple and my old PC connected wirelessly. That was working OK but the Apple kept losing the internet connection when it went to sleep. After some research I determined that others were having this problem and it is probably an error in the iMac hardware.
So I switched to run the internet through the router, keeping the wireless connection for my PC laptop but running an ethernet cable to the iMac. However, I noticed that at time the download speeds on the iMac fluctuate - sometimes they are >6MP, and sometimes they go down to 1.5MP. If I immediately unplug the cable from the router and directly into the modem, the speed jumps back up to >6MP. So it appears to be something in the router. But I need to keep the router so I can keep the wireless connection, which seems to work OK.
Does anyone have any suggestions what I can try to keep the speeds up? I have gotten pretty handy with the iMac but I'm not skilled enough yet to know what settings to change, etc. without some guidance.
Thanks in advance for your time.
MB