New Mac Mini M2 has constant issues with wifi. Its unusable. Ethernet works perfectly, but when using wifi the connection will consistently drop packets. Wifi works perfectly with older Mac mini M1, MacBook Pro, Intel Mac in the same small office. I have turned off all other devices and still have same issue. Did a factory reset and same issues.
Mac mini (2023 with M2)
**Solution discovered** (but Mac MUST release a fix for this soon. Very unhappy with my new Mac Mini M2 Pro.)
it is a problem with Wi-Fi 6 routers that combine all the bands under one SSID (Wi-Fi name).
If you have Spectrum, their “smart” router doesn’t have the function to separate the bands and therefore will NOT work. You need to get another router and the bands have to be named separately as others have said in the posts.
this is an issue that shouldn’t be an issue, and I’m surprised no fix has come for this yet so regular people don’t have to become network professionals to get their internet to work!
Hi, guys it is me again. Just a reminder, I have a Mac Mini M2 Pro with the wifi unstable connection issue.
I am still waiting to hear from Apple engineering team, but at the same time I think I solved the problem. It has been 3 days and I have good connection.
As you know, the problem is not perpetual, so we have connection time to time. When I have connection, I open the wifi interface entering 192.168.2.1 and see that my Mac mini is using 5G and radio 1. I have no idea what radio 1 is, but forget it for now. Then I turned off and on wifi to lose the connection and it happened after a few tries. It started to say there is no connection. Then I checked the modem interface from my phone and see my mac mini is in radio 2. I waited for 20-30 minutes and there was no connection at all. I restart modem and got the connection again then check the modem interface I was in radio 1 again.
I live in Canada and my ISP is Bell. I have not contacted yet Bell about radio 1 or 2, but so far I think it is the problem I have. I hope that means something for some of us.
I wonder if CalDigit's CalDigit Thunderbolt 3 Mini Dock might have the same issue as their Element Hub, FASTA-6GU3, FASTA-6GU3 Pro, TS1, TS2, TS3, TS3 Lite, TS3 Plus, TS4, USB-C Dock, USB-C Pro Dock as mentioned here: https://www.caldigit.com/wireless-keyboard-mouse-not-working-properly/
It is annoying that people, instead of returning the device with the problem, a problem that a 100 devices I’ve had before never had, are trying everything to fix it instead of sending clear message to Apple that this is unacceptable. I’m glad I returned mine, but disappointed how some keep tweaking a broken a machine here instead of sending it back.
Eimer92, are you able to try this to see if touching and holding the display cable while holding another finger on the Mac mini's metal case helps at all?...
Same problem. Brand new Mac Mini M2 Pro. Only the new Mac has problems connecting to the 5GHz network. The other Macs in the office connects fine. The Mac mini connects to the 2.4GHz.
I won’t receive the replacement until Monday according to my email traffic from Apple support. I’ll respond once I have it setup.
I mean it is close to wireless. The repeater is in the same electric socket as the computer but wired to the computer.
Try #2 on this page if you still have wifi issues:
https://osxdaily.com/2022/11/07/fix-wi-fi-internet-connection-problems-in-macos-ventura/
Yes, it's caused by AWDL. Check my earlier posts. It has 2 temporary solutions.
Let us know what you find.
HDMI can cause 2.4GHz interference. Could DVI interfere with 5GHz Wi-Fi? I wonder.
How is the display connected to your M2 Pro Mac mini, Eimer92? Have you tried grounding the display cable plug?
Moving the mini seems not to help...looking getting a high-grade-shield Thunderbolt cable is next.
tonglokman, in your case, did the Apple support run the hardware diagnostics? What was the result?
I have the New Mac Mini M2 Pro and I have the same issue. Its practically unusable with WIFI. Everything else works fine. I have 1 GBPS connection but it drops to 264 kbps at times smh for real. Love the chip, but what the ****.
EXACTLY! I have 1 Gigabit, average about 900-1100Mbps on Ethernet. On wifi, when it actually connects, speed max is 400Mbps and drops to the same 240Mbps and connection dies. Upload is the same, EVEN WORSE. On a MBP in same room on Wifi, I get 600Mbps stable, perfect, beautiful.
Mac Mini M2 wifi issues
