MacOS Sequoia installed. Internet will randomly drop connection

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Hi im been experienced this since the update.

and been looking for answer.

im using Mac Mini M1 and recently updated the os into 15.3.1 then the wifi start reconnecting.

i have resseted all the routers from internet provider, renew dhcp for my mesh wifi and change the UTP cables.

restarting,

Im using Xiaomi mesh system AC1200 and its been good before update.

but now i find the solution for now :

• first, to troubleshoot make sure your wifi is not auto join,.

if the disconnecting problem happened, now you know that you're randomly out of wifi connection.

• Next, join back the wifi, and click on three dot, > NETWORK SETTING

for private wi-fi address section, choose ROTATING instead of Fixed.

and click OK.

check again, and keep the auto join wifi unchecked for a while.

let me know if its working. i almost want to go and buy a new mesh router..luckily i still found the solution.

mhowie wrote:

Thanks for the input. Are you referring to the adapter within the Mac Studio? Wouldn't surprise me to discover Apple uses cheap components but I'd hope not.

The OP was talking about a MBP. I was thinking of a cheap USB-C to Ethernet, or one with multiple ports, not the built-in Ethernet port such as the one in a Mac Studio.

Well dang, was hoping to hear of a cure, but in such an extensive thread it's impossible to keep track 0f who tried what & what all equipment is in use.

Good deal, watching with interest.

Another buggaboo it could be...

RichardFoo User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Feb 15, 2019 4:24 PM in response to TimsTech

I've been debugging a problem with my VPN client constantly reconnecting, along with poor WiFi performance. After much digging, I came across an excellent article - although written for Yosemite and iOS8, it still seems to be relevant to Mojave, especially with a newer WiFi chip in the 2018 MacBook Pro. https://medium.com/@mariociabarra/wifriedx-in-depth-look-at-yosemite-wifi-and-awdl-airdrop-41a93eb22e48

The author wrote a program that essentially just issues a command and keeps it enforced. You can try it manually in a terminal window: sudo ifconfig awdl0 down

To reverse the command, type: sudo ifconfig awdl0 up

He gives a great technical explanation, so I won't repeat it here. The command disables a virtual network interface that's used for ad-hoc WiFi by features like Airdrop; I personally won't miss them. So far, I've gone from losing my connection 20 times an hour to being stable for 3+ hours.

netstat -v |grep "CLOSE_WAIT" | grep -i "iphone\|ipad" |awk '{print $9}' |sort |uniq | xargs kill

And curl says "Can't assign requested add… - Apple Community

I haven't but will look into this. Thanks for the input/link.

Have you tried making a new network location?

Use network locations on Mac - Apple Support

Thanks for the input. Are you referring to the adapter within the Mac Studio? Wouldn't surprise me to discover Apple uses cheap components but I'd hope not.

When you "remove" the adapter as referenced...are you referring to selecting "Delete Service", "Make Inactive", or something different?

I'd note during these periods when my Mac Studio- with Sequoia- inexplicably disconnects and all Internet activity is broken, I've turned off Ethernet (thereby making WiFi the lone connection) and the issue isn't overcome. I've also turned off WiFI (thereby making hardwired Ethernet the lone connection) and this doesn't solve the problem either. Thus far, only a restart will restore the connection needed for Internet access. It never happened before "upgrading" to Sequoia but, although unlikely, could be a coincidence.

I think this is probably due to the adapter you are using for Ethernet. I have a cheap adapter and sometimes it crashes. When that happens removing it immediately puts wifi as the active connection and internet access is restored. Reconnecting the adapter then also works (until it crashes again).

Going to try turning off Apple Intelligence as well to see if that helps.

The loss of network connectivity has been problematic for me as well with a Mac Studio, M1 Max machine. Periodically everything connected to the Internet- web pages, programs, etc., simply stop. I've tried all the suggestions within this thread and nothing helps. Fortunately- for me- it isn't happening daily but it does seem to occur at least weekly. The only solution is to restart the machine. I never had this issue prior to Sequoia, so yet another bug seemingly introduced by Apple with this OS. Annoying...

I'd note my Windows 10 machine- also connected to the the same network via the same Ethernet and WiFi connections- is rock solid and doesn't lose connectivity during these instances. This is isolated to my Mac Studio and is 100% an Apple issue.

Hopefully enough customers raise the issue such that a fix could be provided. They created the problem, they need to fix it!

I'm on an M2 Macbook Air as well, and have just upgraded to Sequoia 15.3

As of this morning, my internet connectivity has been almost zero, and I had to track down this comments thread on my mobile phone, because the browsers on my Mac no longer worked (and I'll spare you the diatribe about how that affects my work...)

Then of course, as soon as I found this thread, my browser connectivity seemed to pick up again. Very concerning, nonetheless.

Thanks for the tip! :) 👍

I turned off Apple Intelligence. The wifi is now stable and the internet stays connected. My $0.02

Macbook Air M2, Sequoia 15.2

The moment I unplugged my lan cable my browser page loaded instantaneously.

I also tried turning off WiFi with the cable plugged in with no success. So it seems to only have an issue with the cable connection for some reason.

this intermittent network failure is just since I update my m1 Air to 15.2.

I'm on a MacBook Air M3 and have experienced drops via Ethernet, WiFi (Home/Office), and my hotspot. I recently changed the "Private Wi-Fi address" from off to Fixed and set the Ethernet connection hardware to manual in hopes that this is a solid workaround.