IT Advice needed

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My internet has slowed to a crawl - it's driving me crazy. I have a wireless modem on dsl (telus for anyone local who knows what I mean), and lately it's just taking forever to load pages.

I'm on a Mac (macbook) and according to Finder have bags of harddrive space left and wouldn't have thought it was a RAM problem. Is there somewhere in the Mac like in Windows Task Manager where you can go and see what's happening at a given moment? Also, could it be because I'm being invaded by some other user on my wireless network? I need to reset my security on the network - I wouldn't have thought that would affect it, anyway, but want to cover all possible bases.

Comments

[sheilap.livejournal.com]

Whenever I have problems like this, I unplug EVERYTHING (especially modems and routers) for a full five minutes. Then I plug in modem, wait for five, then router (if applicable). Routers are a good defense against predators too. This "resets" the devices, giving them a little break. The modems are always on and can get bogged down. This is often and easy fix, and can't hurt anything even if it doesn't work!

I would also highly recommend checking the security settings for any wireless connection. I do not have a wireless connection, but never have a problem getting one when I need one.

Do you have a good defense program? I highly recommend PC Cillin (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/) although I am not sure it is Mac friendly yet. This site has a FREE scan!!! It is truly free, and doesn't ask for money to "fix" the problems. You can run the free scan often, but it will not 'prevent' problems. Since I have purchased this software my computer has run very well.

ALSO, the long weekend made my speedy connection horribly slow...

Good luck.

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Sheila! I'll try yours and inaniac's fixes tomorrow when I'm working at home.