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PC Downloading blocks Mac Internet Connection

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  • 10-02-2009 4:12pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭


    Hi,

    My wife recently updated her mac to a new I-mac.

    Her previous Imac and the other PC's on the network used to work together no problem.

    Now everytime I'm downloading a file on a PC her network connection gets blocked comopletely until I run the diagnostic tool on the mac. This connects it for a few minutes then it gets blocked again.

    If I stop the download it works as normal.

    Does anybody have any experience of this or know of a possible solution.


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    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭Clone


    In case anybody has the same issue and comes across this thread:

    I believe its an issue with the most recent os update or the hardware:

    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8917458


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    I finnally decided to try a new router as I concluded that the one I had (Belkin high speed 125mbps reouter) wasn't solid.

    I got a D-Link DIR-300 802.11b/g Compatible Wireless Router

    This has solved the problem and generally improved my netwokr performance.


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    NullZer0
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    More than likely a filter problem.
    If you are using Bittorrent on the PC it could be hogging the bandwidth.


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    I initially thought it was utorrent hogging the bandwidth but I limited the bandwidth it used, the same happened.


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    NullZer0
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    Yeah, its can still pull the network down though. Id adjust the number of connections rather than the bandwidth. :)


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