tomstephens89

Q: OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

Hi there,

 

I upgraded my Macbook Pro Retina 15" (mid 2014 revision) to OS X Yosemite last night and am now having issues when using my home WiFi connection. Whilst it connects to either the 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz network, it is basically unusable. Web pages take minutes to load (if they even load at all), dropbox doesn't sync because it can't get a connection and even trying to get to the router config page is extremely slow and hit/miss.

 

Tethering to my iPhone seems to work ok, as does using my home network via wired ethernet.

 

Are any others having problems with Yosemite? Wifi was working fine on Mavericks.

 

Tom

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 12:37 AM

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  • by Michael O'Donnell,

    Michael O'Donnell Michael O'Donnell Jan 30, 2015 11:29 PM in response to steve626
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    Jan 30, 2015 11:29 PM in response to steve626

    All good points Steve 626.  I had connectivity problems on my mid 2011 iMac after upgrading to Mavericks.  Partly fixed by a change of router and purchase of a power line adapter.  Even with and ethernet connection to this there were random but infrequent dropouts.  Yosemite started out as much the same but with very frequent dropouts.

     

    Yosemite 10.1 then 10.2 seems to have completely fixed the issue: no connectivity issues on the iMac now.  My brand new MBPro has worked straight out of the box and survived the upgrade to 10.2 since i picked it up 3 weeks ago. 

     

    This is complex; maybe some network card issues, maybe some router compatibility issues, but no single problem I think.

  • by MyMacBookGoneBad,

    MyMacBookGoneBad MyMacBookGoneBad Jan 31, 2015 12:25 AM in response to tomstephens89
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    Jan 31, 2015 12:25 AM in response to tomstephens89

    Pathetic........... Ever since I upgraded my macbook to Yosemite wifi stopped working completely. I kept waiting for a upgrade to come. Thought 10.10.2 would come to the rescue, but failed.

     

    Strange to see Apple just had the biggest quarter ever in the corp. history they still falling short of people/technique/process to correct this long pending and frustrating issue. Connectivity is no doubt the most essential part today and this has been the worst upgrade that I have seen so far.

     

    Have been a die hard Apple fan since 2007, I must say now with issues in Mac OS, iOS, iPhone... the list is long. Its hard for me to continue with it.

     

    If anybody's listening, appreciate if you could lend some serious thought to it and make a correction.

  • by dabance,

    dabance dabance Jan 31, 2015 12:23 AM in response to Michael O'Donnell
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    Jan 31, 2015 12:23 AM in response to Michael O'Donnell

    Thumps Down

    I have applied the latest patch 10.10.2 and to be honest, its a thumps down. It takes more than a minute to connect to wifi upon wake up from sleep mode. 2012 late mac mini. Its really pathetic that apple couldn't fix this basic problem taking into account that majority of the Yosemite machines are running on wifi, not via a wired connection. I think apple don't have any clue on what is going on or they are least bothered. May be we should wait for a new OSX version!!! who knows what else to see in coming days. I have not upgraded Macbook air to Yosemite owing to Yosemite bugs, it happly running on mavericks, probably may not upgrade the OS for my own good.

  • by dividedsjt1020,

    dividedsjt1020 dividedsjt1020 Jan 31, 2015 1:30 AM in response to MyMacBookGoneBad
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    Jan 31, 2015 1:30 AM in response to MyMacBookGoneBad

    Couldn't agree more! I made the change to Mac 4 years ago and even in my short time in 'Mac world' there seems to be greater arrogance towards the customer creeping in. Be careful Apple, people will only take so much...

  • by ausappleuser,

    ausappleuser ausappleuser Jan 31, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Julchen15
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    Jan 31, 2015 4:35 AM in response to Julchen15

    Our two macs running 10.10.2 were unable to load a single webpage for days until I decided to roll them back to 10.10.0. Time machine was unable restore the respective hard drives for reasons unknown, so I relied on my Yosemite install disk. I then used Migration Assistant to install the user account on one mac. All was well. On the second mac Migration Assistant was unable to install the account so I was in the process of manually reinstalling everything and discovered the following:

     

    WiFi was running flawlessly for over day UNTIL I installed the AdBlock Plus extension in Safari and wham, WiFi stopped working. I uninstalled AdBlock Plus and WiFi returned flawlessly. I didn't even need to restart the mac.

     

    Can people with malfunctioning WiFi try uninstalling their adblock software and report back?

  • by jndupuis1,

    jndupuis1 jndupuis1 Jan 31, 2015 6:42 AM in response to Michael O'Donnell
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    Jan 31, 2015 6:42 AM in response to Michael O'Donnell

    You have made a very point as well.

    I bought my Mac Mini in August to replace my outdated Windows XP PC which could not even boot Windows 8. My Mac Mini in place, I discovered Wi-Fi connection issues with Mavericks right from start. My ISP provided Motorola Cable Modem - outdated. I replaced with a new Motorola SB6141. Replaced my Linksys EA2700 router with a New Linksys N750 (EA3500). I did not use third party Cisco Connect software to configure my router. I manually configured and updated router firmware immediately. I then established my NetBios (<name>.local) in Sharing was the same as my Computer Name. I changed my NetBios name. I also configured the WINS Tab under Network>(highlight Wi-Fi)>Advanced verified that the NetBios name was what I changed it to, then changed WORKGROUP to HOMEGROUP. I did not do anything else. I do not run Antivirus, AdBlock, MacKeeper or MacClean. I did not see the point, that's why I chose Apple. My Firewall is turned on in Security.

    I had success running 10.10.2 as well. I feel this Yosemite issue is bringing out the worst in out dated Home Network equipment including, but not limited to, Apple's own retail Airport devices New or otherwise. This would make troubleshooting very complicated. I hope I provided some insight and someone some help with this post.

  • by ausappleuser,

    ausappleuser ausappleuser Jan 31, 2015 6:42 AM in response to ausappleuser
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    Jan 31, 2015 6:42 AM in response to ausappleuser

    After more use on 10.10.0, wifi was more reliable without adblock software installed. It still played up every so often. I then uninstalled all extensions and then switched extensions OFF and wifi has been seemingly faultless. Last night I downloaded 4 GB of data using 10.10.0 without issues. Then today I begin installing extensions and the wifi problems began.

     

    Now do I try this with 10.10.2?

    Do you feel lucky? Well do ya punk?

  • by jndupuis1,

    jndupuis1 jndupuis1 Jan 31, 2015 6:50 AM in response to ausappleuser
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    Jan 31, 2015 6:50 AM in response to ausappleuser

    After running 10.10 well on my Mac Mini, 10.10.2 worked very well. After all I went through outlined in my reply to Micheal O'Donnell. If it doesn't go well "You can say hello to my little Friend" (Mavericks) or go back to 10.10.0. I hope it goes well for you. I actually enjoy 10.10.2 even though I don't use all the features.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 31, 2015 6:53 AM in response to steve626
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    Jan 31, 2015 6:53 AM in response to steve626

    Interesting comments. First I feel bad for those having Wi-Fi issues with OSX 10.10. I've had 10.10 installed on two different Macs since the developer previews. One, a Late 2012 iMac and the other a Late 2013 MacBook Air 2. I am now at 10.10.2. I have yet to have any Wi-Fi issues whether I Wi-Fi to my Time Capsule or directly to my router.

     

    I think environmental factors may be the biggest issue followed by third-party apps.

  • by romcodox,

    romcodox romcodox Jan 31, 2015 7:16 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Jan 31, 2015 7:16 AM in response to dialabrain

    not sure, my problems with wifi start since this new update. I have relative clean environment with few non problematic applications, none adblock or something else... after this update, wifi is not only one problem, also my usb apple keyboard don't work correctly. Its absolutely amazing.

  • by olafmol,

    olafmol olafmol Jan 31, 2015 7:31 AM in response to tomstephens89
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    Jan 31, 2015 7:31 AM in response to tomstephens89

    This is really sad and a joke. My Macbook pro retina has wifi issues all over the place since upgrading to Yosemite. My 2 windows machines still work stable and fast with wifi. This really is an Apple issue.

    It’s definitely a combination of mac and wifi router hardware though. I have a tele2 wifi router at home, which doesn’t play nice with Yosemite. First i though i fixed it switching to WPA2 personal in the router security settings. But alas, after a week the issues appeared again: slow (max 2 Mbit wifi speed capping).

    In frustration i created a new user-account, and voila, switching to this new user-account gave me normal wifi-speed again! And switching back to my default admin account, the wifi speed was good also!

    This is a nasty workaround, but it seems to work, until apple really releases a stable fix for it.

    So my steps for a workaround:

    – switch your wifi router security settings to WPA2 personal
    – create a new user account on your mac, and switch to this account, then log out, and switch back to your regular account

    Hope this helps!

    Olaf

  • by winne2,

    winne2 winne2 Jan 31, 2015 7:34 AM in response to tomstephens89
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    Jan 31, 2015 7:34 AM in response to tomstephens89

    Problems persist with 10.10.2. Mac Mini late 2011, Fritz!Box 7490. WiFi connection slows down every couple of minutes, sometimes, even the router is not accessible for a while. At least WiFi connection doesn't break down completely as with 10.10.0.

  • by jndupuis1,

    jndupuis1 jndupuis1 Jan 31, 2015 7:57 AM in response to steve626
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    Jan 31, 2015 7:57 AM in response to steve626

    Is there a procedure prior and post that we are overlooking when upgrading? Besides the obvious backing up of data. Should there be a NPRAM reset and/or SMC reset prior to or after applying updates? Would there be residual OS and Driver artifacts left from previous version installs? I'm just throwing these questions out as food for thought. Maybe a clear procedure may need to be outlined in order for upgrading to go smooth. I'm asking these simple questions as I am pondering the vast uncommon issues along with the underlying Wi-Fi issue. Without performing a clean install, I may add. This may be the questions I pose to my IT professionals at my work and to Apple.

  • by chip.r,

    chip.r chip.r Jan 31, 2015 9:19 AM in response to winne2
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    Jan 31, 2015 9:19 AM in response to winne2

    I just upgraded to 10.10.2 and my problem is still there. I'm not sure how many different issues there are with WiFi in Yosemite but i've been working to characterize mine. In summary, we have a house with 3 airports providing both 5GB and 2.4GB networks. My problem seems to arise when I move out of range of a 5GB signal and either attempt to drop down to 2.4GB...or... I try to move from one airport to another.

     

    What is concerning is that I see various failures on the Network Diagnostics screen. I'm pretty sure I've seen the Network Status fail at every setting but Server:

    Network_Diagnostics.png

    Sometimes there seems to be a series of failure and my laptop just gives up on Wifi, putting an exclamation point on the Wifi icon in the menu bar. Additionally, sometimes the system seems to forget that it knows the password to the Wifi Network (note that the Network Status switched to "Wi-Fi Settings" failed):

    Network_Diagnostics.png

    The other thing that has been worrisome but I've seen this long before Yosemite is that the system never seems to remember that I regularly select "Always Allow" when it asks for access to my keychain. For some reason, Network Diagnostics never remembers that I've previously given it on-going access.

     

    Here are the stats on my MBP:

    About_This_Mac.png

    Here is what my Wifi network looks like:

    AirPort_Utility.png

     

    Terri's Office (Roberson.net)Airport Extreme 802.11n (4th Generation)2nd floor, south
    Brandle Office (Brandle)Airport Extreme 802.11n (1st Generation)Apartment over garage
    Chip's Time Capsule (Roberson.net)Airport Time Capsule 902.11ac1st floor, north
    Family Room Time Capsule (Roberson.net)Airport Time Capsule 802.11n (2nd Generation)1st floor, south

     

    I'm stumped on what else I can do except maybe turn off the 5GB network.

  • by Bob7777,

    Bob7777 Bob7777 Jan 31, 2015 10:23 AM in response to tomstephens89
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    Jan 31, 2015 10:23 AM in response to tomstephens89

    I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I upgraded to 10.10.2 this morning and everything has been fine since. No dropouts, Bluetooth Magic Mouse is working and the sluggishness in Safari is gone. Same with Finder. Everything is faster. I didn't have any dropout problems for a month since deleting/re-adding WiFi services as explained on page 121 of this discussion. However, Safari and Finder seemed slow. Now they are fine. Another friend's Mac who never had dropouts but did have creaky Safari is fast again also for several days now. So that's 2 data points. I'm sure it isn't lost on all of you still suffering that Apple made 18 billion dollars last quarter. That's net, not gross. What are they doing with that 18 billion ? They're not having their best troubleshooting engineers contact you and getting traces and system dumps for them to analyze. They're not setting up a simple web survey where people can click on whether 10.10.2 has helped them or not so they could get a scope of the remaining problems. They're not putting Mavericks back up in the App Store to make it easier for people o back out. Instead they appear to be hunkered down and not owning up to anything. I find this unconscionable. Its a premium product and they should treat all of us to premium service. Part of that is explaining the problems. Clearly with 10.10.2 they knew they were fixing something. But what ? That's what they don't let on at all and I find it really cheesy on their part that they don't.

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