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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)
Chiming in to say I'm still having the same issues. Thankfully I have access to ethernet in my spot in my home office, which is the ultimate band-aid fix. If I didn't, my computer would be unusable. Sadly, I've found it more convenient to just plug it in and let it ride with poor wifi but a strong hardwire connection.
Some other bandaid fixes that have worked for me:
I've also had some issues with my OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock with transferring data from one drive to another (both being plugged into the dock). Not sure if this is an issue with the Power Delivery of the dock or its relationship to the computer, or something with Ventura or Silicon. All of these things feel like a symptom of the same issue, but I can't be sure.
Truly depressing that Apple has put out a product that is borderline unusable unless the consumer uses a specific setup. I can't believe this thread with almost 300 replies and tens of thousands of views has still been ignored by Apple. A huge betrayal of the company's power users. Shame on them.
From what I've been reading people have been experiencing Wi-Fi interference from hubs for years. I wonder if the much physically different Wi-Fi antennae between the Mac Studio and Mac mini or that the Mac Studio is taller than the Mac mini raising a hub an extra distance from **the antenna(e) makes the difference.
So I have had this problem with both my iPad Pro and my 2023 Macbook Pro (both with M2 chips). I noticed that when I first got my Macbook, I had the same wifi issue where it would work and then it would all of a sudden have weak or no internet connection. Mean while my partner's M1 Macbook Pro and my old intel macbook worked fine any where around the house. It would be so annoying and embarrassing because I would not have stable internet for work zoom calls.
After digging deep in this wifi researching rabbit hole, I realized that both of my M2 devices have wifi 6E. I connected the dots and assume that my router does not have wifi 6E technology. So under Wi-Fi Settings...>Details...>Wi-Fi 6E Mode>Off. By default it on "automatic" so I'm assuming that if I turn this feature off then it wouldn't automatically trigger wifi 6E mode? Only time will tell... lol
Greetings everyone,
maybe as a quick and a little bit stupid update:
While I am troubleshooting the WiFi issues with my Mac mini M2 pro, I bought a Mac Studio M2.
The Mac Studio M2 is being used with the same cables, the same monitors, the same WiFi as the Mac mini M2 pro and the WiFi is working without any issues.
Kind regards
Dominik
I discovered the 6E modes the day I posted on this thread. So far so good. 👍🏽 I even did a speed test with 6E on and with 6E off. With 6E mode off I was able to complete the speed test. When I had 6E mode on, it would disconnect from the internet and would not be able to run the speed test.
They’d ran a brief 2 minute test there and then in store, all passed apparently. This was done on their in-house diagnostics app, not the MacOS wifi diagnostics tool. I did leave my failed wifi diagnostics on the drive though, if they needed to check.
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.
Click on “in response to hanlanx” under my name.
Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points - Apple Support
Contact - Official Apple Support
Please try these two resources after trying to make sure your wireless router is working well
Since following this solved my issue completely, I'm more inclined to think that it's a software issue, but no one is sure unfortunately.
This thread explains the root cause: wifi stops when external hard drive conne… - Apple Community
Unfortunately I don’t see anything about wifi in the 13.4 beta 4 release notes.
macOS Ventura 13.4 Beta 4 Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
I have two displays and using a dock hdmi to usb-c. You can see it here.
Also, I have seen what AbuYang did but, I have no issue like that.
The problematic channels are DFS channels. You can set the router to do not use these channels
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254587195?answerId=254587195021#254587195021
Same problem.
Resolved by:
I have made the test again in the correct IP.
It keeps in about 5~11 ms, same as my other devices.
Mac Mini M2 wifi issues
