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I needed to wipe my MacBook, and followed the instructions to do so- restart the MacBook, hold Command+R, erase the Hard Drive, and reinstall MacOS. Now everytime I turn the computer on, and hold Command+R, I am prompted to connect to WiFi, and when I do so, I am stopped by "apple.com.support -3001F".
Is there any way to get past this and reinstall MacOS successfully?
MacBook
In Internet Recovery, these low negative thousands error messages indicate that your provided Wi-Fi Network is inadequate in some fashion, and cannot be used (for this purpose) in its current state.
Common problems include:
Hidden Network-name
required use of a proxy server to get Internet access
required use of a login page to get Internet access
Use of a login server or certificate to get Internet access
Use of PPPoE in the Mac to get Internet access (typically only applies to DSL)
Use of Fixed IP address rather than good old DHCP
Variance of the time by more than five minutes
Failure of Router to provide workable DNS server addresses, or providing 0.0.0.0 [may produce -2002f]
If you have an Ethernet port, you may in some cases be able to move your Mac close to the Router and connect to the Router using Ethernet.
The higher the number, the more obscure the problem.
In Internet Recovery, these low negative thousands error messages indicate that your provided Wi-Fi Network is inadequate in some fashion, and cannot be used (for this purpose) in its current state.
Common problems include:
Hidden Network-name
required use of a proxy server to get Internet access
required use of a login page to get Internet access
Use of a login server or certificate to get Internet access
Use of PPPoE in the Mac to get Internet access (typically only applies to DSL)
Use of Fixed IP address rather than good old DHCP
Variance of the time by more than five minutes
Failure of Router to provide workable DNS server addresses, or providing 0.0.0.0 [may produce -2002f]
If you have an Ethernet port, you may in some cases be able to move your Mac close to the Router and connect to the Router using Ethernet.
The higher the number, the more obscure the problem.
What machine do you have? The default should be for command-R at power on to connect to a recovery partition on your boot drive, but sometimes it's not there or otherwise is not booting. It's also possible to go directly to Internet recovery with option-command-R or shift-option-command-R, which differ in which version of MacOS is made available. The first option gives the latest version that works with a particular machine, while the latter gives the oldest version that Apple still has on its server.
It was mentioned why WiFi wouldn't work. If it's really, really slow it just times out. Often it's because a "splash screen" is needed, such as a "Get connected" click requirement at a restaurant or cafe. A WiFi security password is fine, and it will prompt for the password. My preference is to use wired ethernet, which can be done with an adapter if your Mac doesn't have an ethernet port built in.
Another way would be to use a bootable installer, which could be done on a USB flash drive or even an external hard drive. You would need access to a Mac to do it. It has a lot of little steps including use of terminal command lines.
How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
If you are making a bootable USB-stick Installer, and you name your USB-stick exactly "MyVolume" before you begin, you do not have to change any Terminal commands.
Just copy-and-paste the correct command from the article directly into the command-line in Terminal.
Error code -3001F when connecting to WiFi after a full wipe of OS
