MacBook Pro Special Report: Poor general network performance

Some users are reporting poor network performance from the MacBook Pro, an issue we are not experiencing in-house.

Note that we cover a broad range of Intel-based Mac networking issues in a separate series of articles, along with various workarounds that may also be applicable in the case of these MacBook Pro issues.

MacFixIt reader Jason Westlake writes:

"I've been getting terribly, terribly slow speeds here at work on our 100 Mbit connection. For example, I'm trying to copy a folder from our Xserve (which is on gigabit backbone) to my desktop on the MacBook Pro... Finder's current estimate on the copy is ~200 hours!

"Another example of the problem is connecting to the server. When I Go > Connect to Server and connect to the server, it sits on 'Looking up (hostname)' for several seconds. Then, when I click Connect after entering my login info, it sits on 'Authenticating...' for a long time before even bringing up the server.

"Wireless isn't much better. I was dropped off our office wireless no less than 7 times in the span of 1.5 hrs. Sending emails via Entourage 2004 was painful... sometimes, they wouldn't send due to 'the connection to the server was dropped' errors."

Index:

• 30" Cinema Display distortion
• Airline, auto power adapter problems
• Audio distortion/poor sound quality
• Apple addressing issues with new revisions?
• Battery Exchange Program
• Battery problems: Shuts off when not connected to power, more
• Built-in Display distortion
• Clock speed of ATI X1600 card -- some units apparently underclocked
• Cooling solutions
• Dead-on-arrival units
• Display slightly bent, not latching properly -- solutions
• Downgraded SuperDrive relative to PowerBook G4
• ExpressCard issues
• FireWire 800 cards for ExpressCard/34 slot on the way
• High-pitched whining noises: Eliminating; Apple acknowledges
• iSight not functioning properly -- fix
• Kernel panics caused by AirPort drivers; Not sleeping properly, still "on" with lid closed
• Kernel panics upon waking up (Inability to wake from sleep)
• Lack of alternative power adapters
• LEAP Networks; cannot connect to
• Loss of speaker capabilities
• Missing components
• Not sleeping properly, still "on" with lid closed
• Notes from service manual
• Poor general network performance
• Printer issues: Not recognized, more
• Problems sharing the Internet connection
• Release notes
• Repeated system freezes or sudden restarts -- checking for bad RAM
• Replaced logic boards have no software serial numbers
• Slow networking performance with VLANs; VOIP phones
• Wireless connectivity issues

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