Why does my MacBook Air show a yellow dot and saying “self-assigned ip”?

Suddenly internet won’t connect. Other devices are fine, but MacBook Air network page has a yellow dot under wi-fi and says “self-assigned ip.”


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Dec 16, 2024 7:55 AM

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Posted on Dec 16, 2024 8:18 AM

That means it could not get an IP address from your router, and as such assigned one to itself. This normally means there is an issue with the connection and can't correctly communicate with the Wi-fi router.


You can try restarting the Mac and the router.


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