Wifi not connecting - connection Failed

While trying to connect with Wifi , Mac Mojave 10.14.6 throws error , connection failed.

Though my other windows laptop and mobile phones have no issues.

tried 1. forget network 2. connecting via hotspot (failed) 3. rebooted laptop & router both 4.Renew DHCP release also done.

nothing works.....do any one came across same issue & fixed it? please help.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jan 23, 2020 10:13 AM

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Jan 23, 2020 3:07 PM in response to ajantha17

I understand you're unable to join a wireless network, and are probably getting a dialog box that says something like "unable to join the network <name>" after selecting the wireless network and providing its password. Is that correct?


Read If your Mac doesn't connect to the Internet over Wi-Fi.


If none of that helps, try the following. It will help determine whether the problem is with macOS, the MacBook's Wi-Fi hardware, or something else.


  1. Shut down your Mac.
  2. Load macOS Recovery by holding ⌘ and r (two fingers) while you start your Mac with a third finger.
  3. At the macOS Utilities screen, release those two fingers.


Determine if you can join the Wi-Fi network while in Recovery mode. If you are able to successfully join the network, choose Get Help Online from the macOS Utilities screen.


  • You should be able to load Safari webpages as you normally would.
  • If you are still unable to load webpages, then quit Safari and choose Reinstall macOS.


Reinstalling macOS is nondestructive to your User Account data, but you ought to create a Time Machine backup as a matter of course. To learn how to use Time Machine please read Back up your files with Time Machine on Mac.

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