Mac Mini M2 wifi issues

There’s no such thing as a Mac mini “Pro”. There is an option of choosing the M2 Pro chip (which is just faster), but that’s separate to this Wi-Fi issue, which seems to be affecting different Macs irrespective of whether the CPU variant is Pro or not.

Hey guys i have completely given up, do you guys know the best way to sell a mini? i feel after a trip to the apple store and multiple service calls i just want to be done with this machine, its an insult to my patronage of apple... cannot even watch 4k video on this machine, it wont do anything. Even airdrop a small file is unusable... i hate for even trying this long, its days of productivity wasted. All six of my other apple devices at the same location in my house all transmit FAST and super airdrop speed. Its not my router or anything i can fix, this is all on Apple.

The “Pro” moniker debate is purely semantics, but it did make me think of something…

If I remember correctly, the internal design is slightly different in the Pro to make room for the 4 thunderbolt ports. I suspect the location placement of the airport card inside the machine is to blame for most of these issues, at least the ones I am having.

> I suspect the location placement of the airport card inside the machine is to blame for most of these issues

That wouldn't explain the issues I'm having, as my Mac mini M2 isn't the M2 Pro model and I've had major issues with Wi-Fi speed, stability, ping spikes and cross-device communications (AirDrop, SideCar etc.)

issue not fixed for me, I get constantly half WIFI speed when the 4 thunderbolt are connected to SSD m2

1100 Mbps with no thunderbolt

500 Mbps with 4 thunderbolt SSD connected

Moreover one disk fail to mount properly, I still use my USB3 powered HUB to have no issues

Updated to Ventura 13.4 but still experiencing the same issues for the wifi (2.4Ghz).

The 5Ghz one is worse (dropping more often for longer durations + sometimes encountering this error "Your Mac successfully joined the Wi-Fi network, but cannot reach the internet.").

None of my other devices (including iPhone, MacBook, Windows laptop) are experiencing issues like this at the same exact location.

I have contacted Apple Support (online) and they could not figure out anything. Later, I have arranged for a Genius bar appointment at the Apple Store, but the wifi isn't dropping at the store and they could not replicate the problem there. I have informed the Apple Genius Bar team member to refer to this particular thread, and make a note of it when he sends the Mac mini to Apple Repair for further investigation. 3 days later, I picked up the Mac mini and they told me that they could not find any problems.

I have already tried the suggestions mentioned in the thread (eg. the AWDL stuff, changing wifi channels in the router settings) and those did not help either. I totally regret not returning the Mac mini when I could have done it, incorrectly assuming that it is a software issue that Apple would be able to fix easily. And wifi randomly dropping like this is making this Mac mini almost completely unusable...

Does anyone else have any other suggestions (besides using the ethernet)? Thank you

how did you do that? its only available if its connected to a wifi6E network in which case this problem does not happen on any of the machines I hvae testes ie on 6ghz band, so for us disabling that forces the computer to use 5ghz and we in same problem, main problem is 6E chipset running on 5ghz networks

That is only possible on a WIFI6E network ( like I stated in prev post ) on Networks that dont support this ( which is the ones I am refering to and lots of ppl here, you cannot disabled this.

So Like I wrote, not possible on a 5GHZ or 2.4 GHZ network.. ( only 6GHZ ).

Hi Manusagar,

I just installed Deco Wifi 6E Mesh in my house and im having same issue, mac mini M2 Pro connect to 6E network but after 1 hour approx. Mac disconnect from network and i can not find 6E network listed on wifi list :(

I have the exact same problem on 2023 MacBook Pro 14. I got a replacement from the Apple Store and I still have the same issue with the replacement as well. I have a M2 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro 13 and never had this issue. The M2 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro 13 also uses Wifi 6(802.11ax) so I don't think that's the problem.

@dennis_hackethal were you able to find any solution?

Did you see this fixed with an OS update? I'm on Ventura 13.4, and I'm having the same issue. So tired of my Mac mini M2 dropping constantly. While all other devices are on the network just fine. And I do have the TP Link Deco Wifi 6E mesh routers.

I just called ISP and they updated it remotely and I got connection for an hour then the problem occurred again. Yesterday, I got a call from Apple senior advisor and we did something and he reported all of them to the engineering team. Now, I am waiting an email from him.

If touching the Thunderbolt 3 adapter also decreases ping time then it's not just the HDMI port that's causing Wi-Fi interference. Out of curiosity what do you have plugged into your Thunderbolt 3 adapter, TracyWI?

Nothing. Just the adapter, and the adapter does have an external SSD in it. But there was absolutely nothing plugged into the adapter externally. I had it there mainly for the external SSD, and "just in case" I wanted to connect something else.

Ken Shimabukuro, Thank you for providing the information. I've reviewed the relevant content, but it's not my area of expertise, so I couldn't understand it, haha.

Perhaps the only way forward is to hope that Apple takes this situation seriously and provides assistance in finding a solution.