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I've reset my mac, reset my wifi, forgot the network and rejoined with the correct password, and made sure my mac is up to date with the most recent update. I have other devices which stay connected to my wifi with no issues.
Hold down the Option key while you click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menubar. you get a snapshot of current parameters like this older one;
transcribe or screenshot and post for analysis:
while that menu is open, consider running Wireless diagnostics for some simple recommendations.
Hold down the Option key while you click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menubar. you get a snapshot of current parameters like this older one;
transcribe or screenshot and post for analysis:
while that menu is open, consider running Wireless diagnostics for some simple recommendations.
Here's what I'm experiencing. I'll select my home wifi, my Mac will connect for anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds, then disconnects again. I can't stay connected for more than 30 seconds at a time.
You have good Raw signal RSSI at -45 dB. The range is about -40 dB right next too your Router, -65 dB getting so faint that your Mac will actively try to find another network to join.
Noise at -95 dB seems good low noise.
You have connected in the interference prone and typically VERY busy 2.4GHz band.
Using channel 10 suggests that you have already tried a manual setting, attempting to dodge existing networks. The tragic flaw in that approach is that there are really only three usable 20 MHz-wide channels in the 2.4 GHz band, and each spills up and down two additional channels.
This spectrum display from WiFi Explorer (an inexpensive Utility with a free trail) shows the problem very graphically:
these people are not getting ANYTHING substantial done on 2.4 GHz band.
¿what make & Model is your Router?
Macs have essentially always been able to use the 5 GHz band as an alternative, and can be coaxed to switch to it if available from your Router.
a Router that does NOT offer 5 GHz at the same time is a certifiable Antique, and should be replaced.
That router is likely 5 GHz capable, especially since it is modern enough to feature WPA2 encryption.
Best practice has always been to use "automatic" channel section (inside each 2.4 GHz or 5 Ghz band). When set to automatic, your Router listens to the existing traffic as it starts up, and chooses the least-busy channel. It is not an accident that every debugging procedure starts with "cycle the power to your Router."
Be sure to set EACH band to "automatic" channel selection.
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The Mac will try to connect automatically on what APPEARS to be the "best" channel, and your manually-assigned channel on 2.4 GHz looks great... until your neighbors start using a nearby channel and clobber your data.
if that does not help enough, you can try is to 'split' your network and give each band its own network-name. Then you can selectively connect to either the 2.4 GHz (by one name)or the 5 GHz (by a slightly different name) because each will have a unique name. This also requires a change inside your Router.
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at one point you stray over the Other networks tab. that shows more than a dozen other Routers nearby enough to be detected.
in that dense environment, you need to set your Router for 'automatic' channel selection.
I think the make is Arris? Not sure of the model. I have internet with AT&T. They provided me with a router in May 2022. It was fresh out of the box when they gave it to me.
Wifi won't stay connected on a MacBook Pro
