<p>I don't know what is wrong with my Mac. My suitemates seem to have good internet speed, but I don't. Even the computers that belong to the school have faster internet speed than my notebook. Is there a way to fix this? I'm using wireless since I don't have an ethernet cable. </p>
<p>Please no "it's because you have a Mac," because at home it is fine.</p>
<p>My son and I have macbooks and we were having some problems in the beginning with our wireless internet. I called Apple and they advised us to try setting up a new router (they recommended Netgear). Apple said that they had seen compatibility issues with our previous brand router (linksys). Sure enough, since switching to the Netgear, we haven't had any issues at all with internet speed.</p>
<p>Have you tried emptying the Cache? Are you using Safari or Mozilla? Maybe your school's network prefers one over the other. Go to the bookstore and pick up an ethernet cable. See if using the ethernet helps. If none of these things help, bring the computer to your resnet (computer services office) help office and see if they can check it out for you.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>wireless connections are generally slower than ethernet connections (wired) so that may be one problem right there. because of the high use of wireless devices on campuses (i.e. microwaves, cell phones, game consoles, laptops, etc.) that may affect the connection you receive.</p>
<p>that's at least one possible theory. i've also read online that some Macs have had issues with AirPort due to Leopard where the wireless connection is constantly dropped. I don't know if it's a software thing that has not bee addressed yet. But try downloading/installing all the updates for your Mac.</p>
<p>It could actually be that it's because it's a Mac. When I was working on a Mac, I used to have connection problems too (the ethernet connection was much slower than the cables' spec). Turns out it was because of route flapping, which is still a problem in OS X for some reason. There was some setting in the network configuration that had to be changed, but I don't remember what. You might to take a look at that.</p>
<p>This is kind of geeky so I don't know if you'll be comfortable with this, but the absolute best #1 diagnostic/repair software for the Mac is Applejack. It is free and does all the cleaning that other software charges for. However you have to restart, hold down Apple + S, then type "applejack" in the command line. It's not that hard, but basically, if my Mac is ever acting a little wonky, I run Applejack and it fixes all the glitches or whatnot.</p>
<p>AppleJack</a> Project Page</p>