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Q: Wifi disconnects after sleep and takes long time to reconnect with Mavericks

Since upgrading to Mavericks whenever my MacBook Air goes to sleep (if I leave it idle) the wifi disconnects and it can take up to a minute to reconnect when it wakes.

 

Basically what happens is, as soon as it wakes I have no internet connection, the WiFi indicator is pulsing, meaning it is searching for networks, but it takes ages to find any, then after some time, usually between 30 secs and a minute all the networks in my building pop up and it instantly at that point reconnects to my WiFi network.

 

It is incredibly frustrating I was so used to the Mac being an instant on tool, now it takes longer to get on the internet than booting up my windows PC.

 

Any ideas what might have caused this? 

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 4:08 AM

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  • by id_nabood,

    id_nabood id_nabood Dec 27, 2013 10:11 PM in response to star-affinity
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    Dec 27, 2013 10:11 PM in response to star-affinity

    i have same problem. please help.

  • by jjensn,

    jjensn jjensn Dec 28, 2013 1:16 AM in response to unton
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    Dec 28, 2013 1:16 AM in response to unton

    Unton wrote:

    "But when i disable checkbox "wake for a network access" on power saving options - wake up works fine!

    I try enable this option - wifi dont work after sleep. Then disable - wifi works fine. I dont know how this option related with this problem, but this help to solve problem"

     

     

    Worked for me, thx unton

  • by -Txemi-,

    -Txemi- -Txemi- Dec 28, 2013 6:00 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 28, 2013 6:00 AM in response to seb101

    I gave up. I switched off Bluetooth and got rid of the bluetooth mouse, speakers and headphones.

    Now, thanks to this bug my desktop is cleaner and clutterless.

     

    Imagine your brand new Macbook Air does not have bluetooth at all and you will be fine and avoid frustration.

  • by Miaco9,

    Miaco9 Miaco9 Dec 28, 2013 1:33 PM in response to unton
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    Dec 28, 2013 1:33 PM in response to unton

    This option is in the plan for AC power only. However, I have it disabled and it doesn't help.

     

    The problem appears regardless of the power source. That means on the battery as well as on AC.

  • by taralex,

    taralex taralex Dec 28, 2013 2:12 PM in response to -Txemi-
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    Dec 28, 2013 2:12 PM in response to -Txemi-

    That's what I did too. Luckily I don't need bluetooth a lot, so the solution, although an ugly one, works so far. Far better then waste my time trying to explain anything to Apple support. They behave as if it's my problem that my MacBook Air can't connect to WiFi, suggesting to reset all kinds of stupid things, none of which work.

  • by star-affinity,

    star-affinity star-affinity Dec 29, 2013 4:26 AM in response to Miaco9
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    Dec 29, 2013 4:26 AM in response to Miaco9

    Interesting that it happens when on AC power for you. What does the log say say upon wake from sleep? Open Console.app and look for entries about "AirPort" that gets written to the log when the computer attempts to re-connect to the Wifi. Maybe you can post what it says here?

  • by eakinm2,

    eakinm2 eakinm2 Dec 29, 2013 6:31 AM in response to -Txemi-
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    Dec 29, 2013 6:31 AM in response to -Txemi-

    As I have mentioned on several previous posts, Bluetooth is the problem. There is a solution other than Apple who has done nothing for 10 months now - Amazon sells a several USB Bluetooth devices for $10 - $15. This circumvents the problem internal radio. Several people previoulsy were offended that I would suggest adding a dongle to an Apple device but I would suggest that they suck it up and admit that Apple doesn't seem to give a **** nor to have any solution in mind!! If it works, it works.

    As an aside, I had tried all other offered solutions with none but this working. Power supply has nothing to do with it.

  • by antipoet,

    antipoet antipoet Dec 29, 2013 8:40 PM in response to eakinm2
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    Dec 29, 2013 8:40 PM in response to eakinm2

    I don't think anyone is offended at the suggestion, I just wonder if it's necessary for you to repeat the same advice each time a new person chimes in with this problem.

  • by Rudygets,

    Rudygets Rudygets Dec 30, 2013 12:59 PM in response to eakinm2
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    Dec 30, 2013 12:59 PM in response to eakinm2

    I am also having this same problem and waiting for an Apple fix. The more people that post about having the problem the likelier we are to see a fix.

     

    Eakinm2 thank you for your inventive solution. However, we are all capable of reading through this thread and reading your previous posts. Thank you for bringing it to our attention, but you do not need to post it repeatedly on the thread.

  • by eakinm2,

    eakinm2 eakinm2 Dec 30, 2013 1:36 PM in response to Rudygets
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    Dec 30, 2013 1:36 PM in response to Rudygets

    Understood. I'll shut up. It just irritates me that Apple won't do anything about this!!

  • by RajCBE,

    RajCBE RajCBE Dec 30, 2013 6:48 PM in response to Mike Erstad
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    Dec 30, 2013 6:48 PM in response to Mike Erstad

    Thanks @Mike Erstad. Looks like you have found out the real issue. Everything works perfect for me now.

  • by jsalord,

    jsalord jsalord Dec 31, 2013 10:40 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 31, 2013 10:40 AM in response to seb101

    I think, I found a solution (thanks to applecare). Try this:

     

    1. Open Finder -> Go (menu) -> Computer -> Macintosh HD -> Library -> Preferences

    2. Delete file: com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

    3. Reboot computer

     

    I hope it helps

     

    Happy New Year

  • by Mike Erstad,

    Mike Erstad Mike Erstad Dec 31, 2013 11:50 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 31, 2013 11:50 AM in response to seb101

    jsalord,

     

    Just deleted the bluetooth preference list (com.apple.Bluetooth.plist), shutdown, restarted, paired up with a Bose device, put my MacBook Air to sleep for 15 min and when it woke it connected right away to WiFi.

     

    I can't beleive that my guy from Appecare didn't come up with that fix... 

     

    I'll contune testing and if I find that it fails I'll repost...

     

    Thanks,

    Mike

  • by chrismartinphd,

    chrismartinphd chrismartinphd Jan 1, 2014 5:00 AM in response to seb101
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    Jan 1, 2014 5:00 AM in response to seb101

    I tried deleting the Bluetooth preferences file months ago. This did not fix my problem.

  • by jsalord,

    jsalord jsalord Jan 1, 2014 10:41 AM in response to seb101
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    Jan 1, 2014 10:41 AM in response to seb101

    Lets see,

     

    The guy from applecare (spain) also told me to remove all files in User Library -> Caches. So you can try to do both:

     

    1. Finder -> Go (menu) -> Computer -> Macintosh HD -> Library -> Preferences

    2. Delete file: com.apple.Bluetooth.plist

    3. Finder -> Go -> (press ALT) Library -> Caches

    4. Delete all files in Caches

    5. Reboot computer

     

    Notice that step 1 relates to System Library while step 3 relates to User Library.

     

    In fact, the guy from apple didn't initially solve my problem because when he told me to delete com.apple.Bluetooth.plist from User Library, and the file wasn't there. Then he suggested me to reinstall the whole system (I didn't like it). After the call, I guessed that it could be in System Library and voila!!!

     

    Another curious test is to create a new user to see if it happens too. It worked fine initially, but after a while it failed again.

     

    Good Luck

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