How to fix internet speed issues on Mac Mini M1 2020

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How to fix internet speed issues on Mac Mini M1 2020

Hello. On my mac mini the internet speed it reaches is up to 80-90mbps at 1000mbps. Both with ethernet cable and wifi. It is a workstation and all the other mac (iMac 2015, iMac 2019, Mac Mini M2, Macbook Air) all get it normally with both ethernet and wifi. Around 800-1000mbps. What could be the problem? Plugged in on it has only power cable, monitor with type-c cable, wacom tablet with USB and Apple bluetooth keyboard.

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Posted on Feb 29, 2024 2:36 AM

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BDAqua

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Feb 29, 2024 6:49 AM in response to Studio46

Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

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Use the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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Studio46 Author

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Mar 1, 2024 4:03 AM in response to BDAqua

All good. We found a solution. It was the cable after all. I don't know why the 1st time and Wifi gave low speed. We changed the cable and all is well.

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BDAqua

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Mar 1, 2024 2:02 AM in response to Studio46

Quite curious, if this test does the same I'd guess a HW issue...

To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...

Open System Preferences>Users & Groups, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.

Does it work in the new account?

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Mar 1, 2024 6:10 AM in response to Studio46

> It was the cable

What kind of Ethernet cable was it and what did solve it?

...in my basement I have a box with numerous old cables, many of which I don't really remember what they were used for although occasionally some cable is then put to good use after all... Among them there are some Ethernet cables with no spec info so I use them only in case of emergency and use $$ to buy known-vendor CAT6 cables for real use because our house is wired with that.

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BDAqua

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Feb 29, 2024 7:30 AM in response to Studio46

How slow is it, where does it happen & when?

Can you try adding these numbers in System settings>Network>DNS

8.8.8.8

8.8.4.4

1.1.1.1

9.9.9.9

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Studio46 Author

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Mar 1, 2024 1:50 AM in response to BDAqua

From 1000mbps that it should be catching, it locks at 90mbps. 2 days ago we changed the locatio, distance 2 meters. We didn't change anything else. But all other mac's are working normally in the space. The one in the previous location I didn't see what speed it was getting. Maybe it was like that before. It's just that now that it changed location I went into the process and checked it and saw that it has slow internet. I had already put in DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, now I put in the other 2. No difference.

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