MacBook Pro M1 WiFi issue

Chords, can you remind us all of exactly the symptoms you are seeing, and if/how these symptoms differ with different kinds of wireless networks? Have the symptoms changed at all since you went to 12.0.1?

Yes, I am still experiencing this, but it's a little different now. I installed the 12.0.1 update the night of December 8 (i.e., two nights ago). All was okay yesterday, but it just happened to me again, albeit a little differently. Prior to the update, I used to lose my connection altogether, but if I either disconnected and reconnected to the network or restarted my MacBook, everything was normal afterwards. This happened both on my home network and on a hotspot away from home, by the way. Just now, it's downloading around 9 - 17 Mbps (but still uploading normally at around 20). My iPhone by comparison is downloading at 175-ish. However, I just forgot my network, and re-established it, and this did not fix anything. I also restarted the machine, and this also did not fix anything. At least I'm not completely disconnected. I bought my MacBook Pro M1 (Pro chip, 16GB, 1TB) at Costco and am still well within my return period of 90 days ... which is why I always buy all my computers at Costco or Sam's Club. Any suggestions? Do I call Apple support? Or is that going to be an unproductive use of my time?

My new 16 inch M1 Max MBP is having the same Wifi issue. Sometimes the internet would stop working after the laptop woke up from sleep mode. Simply restarting the Wifi didn't help at all. I had to restart the laptop to get the Wifi to work again. All my other devices never had any trouble connecting to my Wifi, only the new M1 Max MBP has this issue. The Wifi issue and the system out of memory issue on the M1 Macbooks are so annoying. Please get them fixed ASAP. It's a brick without Wifi.

@pzesar-socialisten

Mine looks similar. I haven't seen someone post that before and I'm not sure what I'm looking at, but seems relevant.

@Onawe

Unfortunately disabling Hide IP in Safari did not fix the issue, and honestly thankful that it didn't in some ways because a Safari setting shouldn't affect a system wide issue (Safari is not my primary browser).

So just to be clear my wifi works most of the time these days. Here's the spectrum display with everything but my networks filtered out:

Orbi does not use the blue channels, I think because they are required to shut down automatically if stray signals at a certain frequency are detected. That is a royal pain when it happens because your 5 Ghz network disappears and it takes minutes for it to come back. However, I kinda wish I could have access to that range ... because here are the rest of the networks visible to me:

You're right to be upset. It's wrong. It should be at least as good as the laptop it replaced.

Sadly issues like this can be explained by device driver bugs.

I really hope Apple doesn't take 2 years to sort it out. It worked better on my 2019 Intel laptop.

I tried to reduce the width of the channel and all it left me with was 802.11/a in the 5 Ghz range.

Not sure why.

My speed is fast enough given the crowded airways - most of the other signals are not that strong, just a couple are.

And let's not forget - it worked flawlessly with a 2019 laptop. And now when things work, which is most of the time, I get about 600 mbps if I am close to the base station. I get 400+ mbps if I am going through the satellite. I got 20 mbps (maybe) when using 20 Mhz pathways. That might be an Orbi issue: I said use 20 Mhz instead of 40 Mhz and it said "OK - no 802.11/N or AC or AX for you!"

I am having the same exact issue. New MacBook Air with M1 and it keeps dropping my 5G network and disconnecting my other devices on the network. I know for a fact it is the computer and not the router or network because it literally started once I connected the new macbook air and I never had this issue with my old macbook air. Any solutions besides an ethernet cord or moving closer to the router?

It is impossible to debug Wi-Fi issues in isolation, because each Mac is used in a "network neighborhood", not is a clean room. The interactions between your Router(s), your home construction and distance from Router, your neighbors' Routers, and interference from baby monitors, microwave ovens and portable landline phones is very difficult to tease apart.

I sincerely doubt your results will be any different in six months. If you don't have time to start a new discussion and do some debugging now, that may be a solution that works for you now, but is NOT a good recommendation for other Users.

I don't see how any of your answers helps this thread Grant Bennet-Alder... Until apple finds a fix people are gonna keep posting here. Live with it. Is it EMI? is it software? is it hardware? Nobody knows, not even apple it seems. So quit bashing on those who report the problem here. It's is frustrating enough already, there is no need for your negative "waves" here. Please. Best Regards

I am facing the same issue with my MacBook Air since first boot, with a single wifi connection where all my other devices work perfectly.

None of the above solutions have worked.

My connection drops when using no other apps than simply surfing whether on safari.

And the worst! A brand like apple who boasts of the best products and the best service, does nothing better than blaming it on other apps!

Hi, same problem with brand new M1 Pro. Wifi connection is just diabolical. I have a 2012 Pro which has much better connectivity. Hopefully Apple can produce a fix soon. I travel a lot and need connectivity. The personal hotspot connection is generally poor on my macs. Bluetooth is generally poor as well. Never seen anything like these Wifi problems on a $2.5k device. Not Apples finest moment!

This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. I upgraded from a 2017 mbp to this *ultimately superior M1 product* only to not be able to share my screen during a teams meeting from the exact same spot in my house as I used to on the one? How is this anyones fault but the engineers? lol… I mean, I love the 14in MacBooks, but clearly it’s not a good design choice to retire a technology until it’s replacement is available to most of your consumers, right?

Exactly the same problem: a brand new macbookair m1, ram 16 GB (Big Sur 11.6.2), and whenever I need a stable connection, which -in these pandemic times- means everyday, I've to go back to my Mbp 2015. Same room, same distance from the router, same enviroment, same chair and no Zoom or Meet conference are possible with the M1 connection, but even just browsing on the net becomes an annoying experience. Franckly intolerable. Di anyone solve with Monterey?

He isn't being irate. He is correct. My husband and I both bought these new devices and we are both having problems connecting to the point that the computer is almost not usable. I am trying to download plain word files from my Icloud storage (not a weird 3rd party app) and in an hour and half, not one file has downloaded. I can't open them from this device. That is an issue.