Mac Mini M2 wifi issues

I don't know what's happened but my network connectivity seems to have got worse in the last day or so. The 5GHz Wifi fixed to Channel 44 had been fairly stable (if I avoided trying to use AirDrop etc.), but now my pings are very variable. Here's the results of this morning's tests:

2.4Ghz Channel 6 with AWDL active

5GHz Channel 44 with AWDL active

2.4Ghz Channel 6 with AWDL inactive

5Ghz Channel 44 with AWDL inactive

After Restarting the computer

5Ghz Channel 44 with AWDL active

5Ghz Channel 44 with AWDL inactive

After a restart with AWDL inactive on 5Ghz, it's a bit better but pings are still all over the place.

Very frustrating...

Entirely different issue. But, all AP’s support all the WiFi security protocols (WPA3/2, Radius, and open). And all computers must support them all.

Because, facts.

Think about it. Support is essentially telling you that your Mac can’t connect to WPA2. Which 99% of the world still uses today.

I got the Mac mini M2 Pro last month and it’s been solid on wifi until yesterday where, despite being connected to my wireless network, there’s no internet.

my personal hotspot works fine and haven’t tried a wired connection yet. This seems like a huge oversight on apple’s behalf after seeing how many people have posted about this in the last 4 months.

I bought new Mac Mini M2 on March 21, 2023, and strangely this issue still exists and not yet fixed by Apple. 2.4 GHz speeds are too slow and very irritating. Will this stay forever or will be fixed? Apple doesn’t seem to respond to any post relating to this issue threads. Pathetic!

Yes Apple was no help. Firstly they ran a hardware diagnosis tool - said everything was working fine. They then wiped the M2 Pro clean, just like a new one and said it was working fine.....Get home, wifi still having same issues. After weeks of frustration I sold the stupid thing and I have moved on. I have had a few apple computers before the M2 Pro (2 x laptops, 2 x iMac's and a mac mini) and I've got to say this has been the worst experience. I bought this M2 Pro for my wife and her current thoughts are that she will not use another apple computer again.

They definitely are aware, and working to fix it.

As a result of my posts in this thread I received an unexpected call from an AppleCare Support engineer in Austin, Texas on Friday (I'm in the UK). During 2 calls totalling almost an hour, I described the issues in some detail, he screen-shared my Mac, got me to demonstrate the issue and collected over 700mb worth of sysdiagnose and Wireless Diagnostic log files whilst doing so.

I would guess they're contacting other people too, so hopefully the data they collect will lead to a fix at some point.

Thanks, but unfortunately my main back-up is an SSD located in a "Mac Mini dock" which sits under the Mac Mini and also has front-facing USB and SD card connections. This has a fixed USB-C cable so I cannot change it.

It works on Apple Silicon with WiFi issue. It does not hurt to try. It works for me.

I believe there is something wrong with power modulation in the M2 model.

M2 Mac-mini also has power issues with HDMI and USB-C ports.

I really hope Apple is working on this problem. I bought the Mac Mini M2 Pro specially for the purpose of being a headless server, even bought a WiFi 6e router sitting across the room to serve it, now I have had to temporarily connected them with an ugly cable...

Me too. I am on my 2 exchanged because of wifi and thunderbolt issues.

This last mac Mini M2Pro was working perfectly until it did the latest update. Now it is having Wifi issues, it connects and disconnects every few seconds.

I am now testing to see if anything else, like thunderbolts, have been affected as well.

My USB powered HUB used as a workaround introduce new issues: The LG Oled C1 is flickering 3 times in a row randomly... about 3 times in a day of 10 hours... this was not the case before.

After a reboot, not all SSD are mounted, also something you don't expect on this class of hardware.

So there is something with USB / thunderbolt port going on. Let's hope it is NOT hardware #MacMiniM2Gate :-)

I recently bought a new Mac mini Pro with a m2 chip. My internet provider is Ziggo. I also have experienced this same issue as the people above. My Mac mini Pro shows connection to the WiFi, however there is no internet connection. All my laptops and other electronic devices in my room do have WiFi and work fine. I returned the computer back to the Apple Store where it appeared to be normal functioning. However at home again the same problem appeared (No WiFi at all, but still connected). However when using the LAN cable, I have perfect internet connection. So what is the solution to this major problem that has been occurring to everyone in this thread?

Fortunately I still have Ventura 13.2.1. and I don't have any problem with it, but I'm waiting for an upgrade that will solve this problem definitively, since I've been a mac mini m2 Pro owner since day one and I know this problem very well.

@mag442 This is a user-to-user forum, so Apple rarely posts here. However, Apple definitely is aware of the issue and has been contacting users who have posted here directly (including myself), to gain diagnostics data in order to fix the issue in a future release of macOS.

Yeah, the problem is its touted as "pro" and it clearly isn't. No pro on earth deserves this level of frustration. Its a consumer machine and quality control is on par with lesser brands. I will never trust the apple "pro" moniker again.