MacBook Pro constantly losing wireless connectivity

Same here. I turned off Bluetooth and the connection seem more stable

hmm...I've just been googling for this, as I bought a second hand 2010 MBP 2 months ago. I absolutely love it, and at home I have no issues at all, and use the Apple magic mouse via bluetooth.

I have recently taken up a new job away from home and stay in a b&b hotel during the week with free wifi. Connects fine, but has a habit of just dropping out of connection, whilst keeping the wifi status connected!

It is really infuriating, especially when streaming sky go, so as not to miss latest things etc and it just bombs out!!

I'll try turning bluetooth off as mentioned above, but that means not being able to use the mouse...and as said, I've been using the mouse for 2 months at home and had no issues...just with this new router connection (which I don't have access to)

I haven"t turned bluetooth off on the MBP. I am still using the Apple trackpad wirelessly with no problem. The issue seems to be with the non-Apple keyboard. Once I switched this off at the device level I had no problem with the wireless connection to the internet. The Trackpad is the only bluetooth device I have connected atm and it functions perfectly. Hopefully the same will be true of your 'Magic Mouse'. Perhaps the conflict is only with certain 3rd party bluetooth devices (possibly phones and other pc's as well). Worth checking out I guess in case another device is causing the interference. Good luck!

Bluetooth uses the same part of the spectrum (the 2.4GHz band) as inexpensive Routers, baby monitors, some portable phones, microwave ovens, and interference generated by cheap USB cables.

It is not just a coincidence that turning off Bluetooth can improve some situations.

Some hope for you guys - I might have something here...

I have recently bought a Macbook Pro Retina 15" at the Apple Store (May '14).

Before the MBP 15" - I had a MacBook Air 13".

I have the latest Airport extreme connected to a 170MBPS high speed cable connection.

The airport extreme is well and centrally located and has worked perfectly with my older 2013 MacBook Air 13", the iMac 27" of my son, my iPhone 5s, the iPhone 5 of my wife, the iPod of my son, plus 3 iPads.

All worked perfectly...

Until I replaced my Air with the MBP 15"...

That's when I started having the WiFi intemittent disconnect problems.

What I experienced:

- While browsing the internet - I suddently would not be able to surf or send mail

- The browser would indicate "resolving host" and that's the end of it...

- The Wifi icon looked fine - not disconnted - yet there was no internet on the MBP

- The iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac all continued to work fine - the probem was isolated to the MBP

- If I disconneted WiFi and reconnected - it started to work again - for about 5 or 10 or 15 minutes and then again the disconnect

- When using the Airport utility during the "disconnect periods" I noticed the LAN indicator (the one near the icon of the router) was Green but the WAN indicator (the one near the globe) was orange - however this was obviously isolated to the MBP - the WAN was perfect for all other devices

Sometimes, after a while - maybe 5 minutes - suddently the WAN would turn green and I could surf again on my MBP - so the problem was really mysterious.

And then of course - it would stop working again ... and so on and so forth...

This drove me nuts... so I started reading and bumped into this thread.

For days I tested various fixes and most didn't work at all (or at least didn't improve anything).

What I tried and didn't work:

1. Changing the DNS on the router to the Google public DNS and to the Open DNS

2. Changing the DNS on my wifi network setting on my MBP to google or opendns

3. Turning off Bluetooth

4. Changing the channels on the 2.4 bandwidth (I tried all channels - nothing helped)

5. PRAM reset

So as you can guess I was super frustrated.

And then I bumped into this post:

http://howtoapple.com/mavericks-wifi-issues-fix/

- I believe this post solved or at least so far seems to have helped

What I have done from the link above:

1. Set Service Order

2. Delete System Configuration Folder

And .... wow ... a major improvement - or in other words ... so far...touch wood ... no more "resolving host"

I can finally work for many hours on my MBP

I realy hope this helps!

Deleting the System Configuration Folder, will this delete the new home location ?

I'm not sure - I simply followed those two steps.

Thanks

I do think that it helped

So far this has been a MAJOR improvement for my WiFi stability. I was about to toss this MBP in the trash, but your tips regarding the Service Order and deletion of the Configuration folder has been a godsend and given my MacBook new life!!

THANK YOU!!

Guy - I also want to add that whatever the issue was (which appears to be related to the BlueTooth priority), was wreacking havoc on my other network devices. I'm guessing that, when the MBP would disconnect and reconnect, the constant attempts to obtain a new IP from the router were causing my other devices to act up as well (slow downloads, general "hangups" online, etc.).

Since doing the Service Order change and deleting the System Configuration folder, my network speeds across other connected devices (PCs, iPad, Android phones, etc.) have improved dramatically.

I guess I didn't realize how much of a problem this MacBook was causing me across the board with it's repeated disconnects/reconnects.

Thank you for again for this information - it really has been a huge help!!!

For me the issue fix is Uninstall any adobe creative suit CS6 or CC Compleately especally if you have install the Adobe Activation Blocker for any reason. and u need to clean the "host" file which is inside the etc folder.

The best solution that I have found is to go into my wireless settings on my router and change the channel whenever I lose connectivity. This happens to me about every 4-6 months: Just enough time to forget how I fixed it last time....

I want to thank Guy for posting that link on page 135.

I've been suffering with this problem for the last six months where my late-2013, 15" Retina MBP could not find my home wireless connector.

The only fix I tried (and which worked!) was to go into my Network Preferences and to create a new "Home" network location instead of leaving it on "Automatic".

This seems to have done the trick!

Thanks!

I had the same problem, and just recently discovered the solution. Just bought a brand new MacBook Pro in June 2014, and it wouldn't connect to my router unless it was within 15 feet of the router. There are 3 other MacBook Pros in my one floor apartment all from at least 2010, and they connect no problem.

I live downtown and our apartment is surrounded by a plethora of wi fi signals. All I had to do was change our router channel and now my macbook works fine anywhere in the apartment.

1. Locate your router IP, go to System Preferences, Network, TCP/IP. It should look like 192.000.0.0

2. Copy the address into the address bar on your web browser.

3. Sign into your router settings.

4. Find wireless network settings and change the channel. There should be about 11 different channels, most defaults are on channel 1 and 11, which is why they can interfere with each other.

Hope this helps.

I think this problem is not related to wifi channel... I have already choose the best channel and still have to turn off and turn on wifi few times before successfull connection (even if I am sitting next to router and have a great signal strength). 😮

But, when I disable Bluetooth problem usually doesn't appear. Have you tried that? 😉