Slow internet with macOS Monterey

I have investigated the use of the Internet by the kernel_task process in my computer and found that the > 5Mb/s traffic is coming from a daughter process called "com.sophos.endpoint.networkextension" I have informed Sophos (my security supplier and the supplier of the program) about the problem. They state that the excessive traffic is not normal and their staff have requested and received two logs from my Sophos software using their Sophos Diagnostic Utility taken during the periods of excessive traffic. I am still awaiting their diagnosis/solution. I am confident that if this is corrected, the problems with my Internet connection should disappear. I have re-enabled "Send diagnostics to Apple" etc. I would be interested in how many users of similar M1 systems have Sophos installed, and how many of those have used the Activity Monitor to observe their network traffic.

Having the same issue. My 2019 MacBook Pro is opened up right next to my high-spec'ed 14" MBP and the 2019 is literally 4X as fast. Zoom calls with both computers logged on will result in the 14" MBP having connections issues while the other has no issue.

When is this going to be fixed?

I already had all of those options deselected (mentioned above in privacy), not sharing anything with Apple, but am having exactly the same problem. There seems to be some kernel task hangup. Restarting helps for a short time & then back to useless.

My macbook air is almost unusable. I'm on someone else's computer now, which is also Monterey and on the same internet connection & in the same room & it's fine, so I have no idea why it has this effect on some computers but not all? But this problem started when I upgrade so I am fairly certain that's the cause.

(Particularly infuriating as I only upgraded because apple support insisted I had to to resolve another issue I was getting help with - I did say there are always issues with upgrades and they acted like I was crazy.)

Yes yes yes! Ever since I upgraded to Monterey my iMac (27 inch) keeps disconnecting randomly from my wifi router. This happens multiple times a day. Once it disconnects, it does not reconnect for minutes at a time and even when it does, I receive a message that it cannot connect to web pages. I know this is a Monterey issue because I have not upgraded my Macbook Pro and that has no problem staying connected to the same router. I have tried every suggested fix and none of them work. This has rendered my computer useless for my work which relies heavily on connectivity. I so regret upgrading.

It is not just connecting to servers. Task switches lag, videos on YouChoob drop frames, typing in the text editor often has moments where the application does not respond for several seconds and then there is a big rush of characters that you typed, poorly autocorrected typos or typos and all. Lately, it feels like I am on a cheap Windoze computer.

I just wanted to thank the contributors to this thread. I had this problem but it has now been resolved by unticking the sharing to apple analytics. I can’t tell you how much of a relief it has been to find a solution as I rely upon fast upload speeds. Thank you to all.

I see lots of people saying that un-ticking share analytics in your privacy settings helps, but I never had that ticked and I've had exactly the same problem, with websites not loading and also sometimes with video calls, and it has persisted for several weeks now.... I'm on a 2017 mac & I almost wonder if they're targeting old macs to make us upgrade -- as we have a 2019 macbook upgraded & running just fine.... is that even possible?

This is exactly what’s happening to me, described perfectly. Even if I am connected to wifi, the symbol at the top displays as if it’s searching. But when I get to work, it takes 5 minutes to detect the wifi.

i have the all new mac book pro m1 with an M1 Pro, i have the very same problem, the internet sites are loading super slow even on my iphone. I think it has something todo with the privacy filter they implemented to hide ip and ****. I cant get a stable and fast internet currently, must be a bug, please update it or make clear instructions how to disable this ****. Its really annoying.

Even with 12.1 the problem of wifi speed degradation continues. Reboot will only temporarily fix things and the method that jiarui32 posted above will do the same (thank you jiarui32). At least with the latter method you don't have to reboot; once you've performed those steps you will have two Location options to choose from and whenever your speed lags and you want to reset it, just toggle to the other Location. Your wifi connection will reset and when it returns you should be temporarily back to full speed. It's quicker than a reboot but you will still have to do this several times a day until Apple finds an actual fix for this. Super annoying.

Thank you Enthnophylactolgist!!! After futzing with DNS and DNS cache, I was about to give up. But you done did it. Now, if I could figure out what an enthnophylactologist was (counter espionage of a people?).

It's frustrating that Apple's response is always to try blaming the wifi signal or hardware. Hundreds of users in the Apple forums alone are reporting wifi connection failures with M1 Macbooks and OS Monterey, and almost all report multiple other devices in the same location having excellent wifi speeds at the same time. Also, as soon as I reboot, the speed is back to normal. It's a problem with the M1 MacBooks or with OS Monterey. It needs to be fixed.

Hi all!

I have also the issue with slow upload speed.

But I have just discovered something interesting… If I setup an VPN session with FortiClient to my internal entrerprise network and I repeat the test then it works properly with the expected speeds!

If then I disconnet the VPN session I get slow upload speeds again. This behaviour is reproducible.

Hope this help as a workaround and to give clues to find a solution not using an vpn connection.

Regards,

Isaac

Disabling Share Mac Analytics doesn't help. I recently did that, and now, a day or two later, the internet speed has gone back to a trickle (dial-up speed or worse). Most pages can't function. So far, the only thing I've found that fixes the problem is rebooting.

Creating a new network location also does nothing for me. I suspect any of the proposed fixes only appear to work because, by luck, the wi-fi behaved itself for a while after making the change. It looks like Apple has simply failed us on this one.

Turning off "limit IP address tracking" does nothing either. Doesn't matter which browser I use; the download speeds are awful at some random time after a day or so since reboot.

And it's nothing to do with wi-fi signal strength; once the problem arises, I can go and sit right next to the router, reset the router, and still have the same pathetic speeds.

As with all other users complaining about this issue, no other devices are having problems (not even my lousy phone, which has trouble with other routers).