Mac Mini M2 wifi issues

My M2 Mac mini pro 32/19 is having big time ethernet issues. (Web pages load slow3-5 seconds or more), online games have latency and fortunately my music software isn't affected. Wi-fi works but not fully since I don't have a wi-fi6 router. I have a 1g up/down internet connection and the M1 Mac mini I also own is not suffering any of these issues. tried multiple cables, ports etc. The weird thing is a speed test shows no speed issues. It is just the apps and safari. I can't figure this out. Could there be an ethernet driver issue?

Hi, Just bought a mac mini m2 and have this exact same issue.

When connected to wifi, the speed is too bad, and often it just stops working. I have a macbook pro just next to the mini and wifi connection works as expected.

I'm thinking on returning it since working this way is impossible, I had to buy a wifi access-point and connect the mac via ethernet.

I would love some feedback from Apple, acknowledging the issue and saying that they are working on a fix.

I love the machine, but this issue make it completely useless

I have tried killing airplay etc, that does not help my issue. @Mikweb can you clarify what you mean by "new installation?" Does that mean a fresh unit or are you simply saying that connecting your mac mini via LAN immediately solved the problem?

FWIW, splitting the networks didnt help me. Similar SNR and noise level on each one. In fact, 5ghz one got worse. And killing the airplay and such didn't help me either. My guess is it's hardware, but I won't know until my genius bar appt on Tuesday. Sigh. $2400 for a POS device.

Good luck with your appt. I have a phone appt tomorrow, I'll update the thread, but they're probably going to redirect me to an Apple Store. Make sure to backup and delete important files on your system before going.

Returned mine today as well. No interest in screwing with workarounds and messing with my home network setup when it should work out of the box like every other apple product in my home. Maybe I'll pick one up in a few months if I've read that it's fixed.

I turned off WIFI and that corrected the problem for a while (I am using a Thunderbolt 3 connected ethernet cable), but now I am having the same issue. Lots of dropped packets, failure to load web pages on chrome, returning an error 'System error: net::ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED'.

the mini was made in Malaysia and shipped from Shenzhen China via UPS. It came with Ventura, during setup it did ask to update but I chose to setup first. No problem with wifi then I updated to 13.2, no problem. For the sake of being adventurous and update happy, I did the update to 13.2.1 just yesterday. I checked speedtest, packet loss, no problem. It connects to the 5Ghz band. The RSSI is -50 dBm, the Noise is -81 dBm, or thereabout. So far so good. I don't use the ethernet at this point.

Seemed worse today. I did the upgrade of Ventura as some suggested. Haven't been able to get internet at all since. Same issue. Connects to the router but no data transfer. Really disappointed. Going to send this back.

Done every step was mentioned above.

Unfortunately, no success.

I'm with Apple representatives over a week.

None of them had a solution.

Should I return my M2 pro mac mini, Or wait for a solution here?

I have had my Mac mini M2 a month....I am using it now to write this and I have been trying for the past hour to get to connect stable enough to do it.

It works wonders in a local non-connected environment but that defeats the purpose of having it. I need to connect. Whether it be wifi or ethernet, it needs to connect. None of us in this forum should be "tweaking" the settings, going into console mode for something that should be organic to hardware and software...those days are in the past.

I am boxing my mini up. Im going to Apple tomorrow to return it. It is sad that Apple is confounded and has not seen this as a monumental issue. The release of the new mini was a big deal to their base and public writ large...this inability to accept there is a problem, diagnose and push a fix is not good

Maybe a nice Class Action would push things along

It didn't work. I returned home from teaching and I still had the issue. I've done the update and will report back if the issue seems resolved.

How do you reply to a comment? Gah this forum software is crap.

I have the same problem for my Mac mini m2 pro. every time my mini wakes up from sleep mode, the wifi is disconnected, I have to disable and enable my wifi every time. so annoying. Also, the network connection is not stable. hope apple can fix this issue very soon.

I went, referenced this thread, the model worked in the store, so i was remiss to force the issue, but when i got home, same problem. My mini is essentially a paperweight without wifi, and im past the return window at amazon. No idea what to do next.

Good thinking on that work-around. I didn’t get to see them test at the Apple Store. Their public WiFi blocks ICMP, so it can’t be tested there.

They took both my Windows and MacBook laptops down to their test bench, then tried to tell me it was fine. When pressured I found they only connected, browsed, and ran a WiFi diagnostic. None of which matters. They did not touch the windows laptop 😕