Mac Mini M2 wifi issues

Addition to the above post: I've just updated to Ventura 13.2.1 and this issue seems to have gone away.

13.2.1 released yesterday appears to have resolved my issue...

All - Just my feedback, I had extensive wifi issues however and once I applied 13.2.1 - Wifi performance is excellent.

Rock solid after the 13.2.1 update.

Hotspot wireless from a phone gives the same results with unstable ping for me. But if I hotspot via usb from the phone the ping is stable

Same problem.

Resolved by:

1. Power off the Mac Mini M2.
2. Unplugged Mac Mini M2.
3. Push and hold down the power button for 20 seconds.
4. Plug the power back in and turn on.

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

How is your display connected to your M2 Pro Mac mini, BodhisattvaSagara?

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:

• Turning the Mac Mini on its left side (with the front facing power light toward the top increases the signal strength. The wifi antennas must be on the right side of the device. I also bought a plastic Mac Mini stand to keep it propped up well.
• Minimizing the use of the thunderbolt ports in the Mac Mini. When I'm using 2 or fewer of the 4 thunderbolt ports in the back of the computer, my Signal to Noise ratio (SNR) is in the high 30s, with about 30% signal noise. As soon as I plug in a 3rd (and 4th) device to those thunderbolt ports, the noise goes up into the mid 50s and the SNR drops to the low 20s. So if you're able to, try not plugging too many things in to the back of the computer. (Hilariously depressing that a solution to this problem is to not utilize your $2500 computer to its full potential.)
• Again, this computer would be UNUSABLE if I did not have access to ethernet. The Wifi is awful, while every other device on my gigabit network thrives wirelessly.

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.

Tried to disable the Handoff, Airdrop, Airplay Receiver, seems like problem get solved for now, let's see for another couple of days. Heard from others the wifi problem is caused by os 13.1/13.2 with m2 chips, new macbook pros have same issue.

I tried the solution by @Hanlanx, and it worked!

Split the wifi into 2.4gz and 5gz and get on the 2.4gz, now it works like a charm.

This is really shameful by Apple to ship a device with this kind of chip and have this sort of issue.

Apple needs to address this immediately.

After visiting the genius bar they advised me. to re-install the Mac Mini. with the Lan connection so that there will be no problem in downloading directly from the Apple Host any necessary components.

I am using an Eero mesh network - it only has 1 SSD for both bands.

when you select about this Mac - do u see 13.2.1?

also, for me wifi is rock solid after 13.2.1

try recycling the wifi router, and the iMac

All, Apple just released a supplemental update days after 13.3. Very uncommon.

I suggest everyone redo your tests. Enabling all services, and checking in a terminal "sudo ifconfig awdl0" making sure status is active. Revert your routers enabling all channels, except leave 6/149 (44 UK) disabled.

I'll be disabling channels 6/149, and testing all channels invididually. I'll report back by tomorrow.

For a couple of days, my downloads were 0.1 Mbps. Every page took 10 to 20 seconds to load. I looked on a few forums and people wrote about a couple themes. One being the HDMI cord interference and AVB/EAV mode.

As soon as I did this and ran the same test the download speed jumped to 50.0 Mbps. Literally, I just messed around with the cable location and the wifi which had been incredibly slow for the last few days skyrocketed.

As soon as I did this and ran the same test the download speed jumped to 50.0 Mbps. Literally, I just messed around with the cable location and the wifi which had been incredibly slow for the last few days skyrocketed.