DNS Resolution Failure

My Macbook Pro is causing massive issues with my home Wi-Fi connectivity since this morning. When my laptop is off, or not connected to my Wi-Fi, all of my other devices work perfectly fine and have great internet speed. But as soon as I connect my Macbook to the Wi-Fi, the internet completely stops working on all devices, including the Macbook. It's like it's sucking up all of the Wi-Fi and nothing works.


I've ran the diagnostics and got "DNS Resolution Failure".


Here's what I've already tried:

  1. Turning Wi-Fi on & off on my Macbook.
  2. "Forgetting" my home Wi-Fi and reconnecting.
  3. Resetting my router (which is right next to my laptop, by the way).
  4. Changing my DNS settings to OpenDNS or GoogleDNS.
  5. Deleting all of my preferred networks and reconnecting to my home network.
  6. Connecting to the 2.4Ghz & 5Ghz versions of my network — both have the same issue.
  7. Flushing my DNS cache by entering sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder; sleep 2; into Terminal.


Nothing worked. I don't know what else to do and I'm desperate to fix this as I'm working from home! I'm not very tech savvy, I've just done what other forums have suggested but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

Posted on Feb 16, 2021 8:05 PM

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Feb 19, 2021 10:21 AM in response to cpgb_nz

Hello cpgb_nz,


We understand that you're receiving a "DNS Resolution Failure" error, and they you're experiencing issues with your Wi-Fi connection. We want to help.


Do these issues only happen when connected to a specific Wi-Fi network, or does the issue happen with multiple networks?


Prior to the "DNS Resolution Failure" error appearing, were any changes made to your device or its settings? For example, did you enter DNS server settings manually? More about that here: Specify a DNS server on Mac


If these issues are only happening with a specific network, let's make sure the the Wi-Fi routers and access points for that network are using the recommended settings. More about that here: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points


Take care!

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