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Q: Wifi disconnects after sleep and takes long time to reconnect with Mavericks

Since upgrading to Mavericks whenever my MacBook Air goes to sleep (if I leave it idle) the wifi disconnects and it can take up to a minute to reconnect when it wakes.

 

Basically what happens is, as soon as it wakes I have no internet connection, the WiFi indicator is pulsing, meaning it is searching for networks, but it takes ages to find any, then after some time, usually between 30 secs and a minute all the networks in my building pop up and it instantly at that point reconnects to my WiFi network.

 

It is incredibly frustrating I was so used to the Mac being an instant on tool, now it takes longer to get on the internet than booting up my windows PC.

 

Any ideas what might have caused this? 

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 4:08 AM

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  • by -Txemi-,

    -Txemi- -Txemi- Dec 3, 2013 2:11 PM in response to seb101
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    Dec 3, 2013 2:11 PM in response to seb101

    There are about 10 times a day I wish we had Steve Jobs back and fire the guy in charge of fixing this bug.

    It's about 10 times a day that I need to turn off wifi and turn on again so that my MBA connects back to Wifi after sleep. Really annoying.

     

    I combine this with my iPhone 4 turning terribly slow after iOS7 upgrade, and I realize how Apple is starting to resemble the Microsoft of their heydays: Ignoring customers except to lock them in. Where is the flawless user experience that made Apple what it is?

     

    Apple, this is not going well AT ALL.

     

    People don't care to be locked with Apple IF, and only IF, "it simply works."

    If it doesn't work, I won't trust you again to lock me in, guys.

  • by somedatapacket,

    somedatapacket somedatapacket Dec 5, 2013 8:19 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 5, 2013 8:19 AM in response to seb101

    Late 2013 MBP, same issue. Turned off Bluetooth, will see how this goes.

  • by rem-art,

    rem-art rem-art Dec 5, 2013 11:05 AM in response to Paul Lipps
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    Dec 5, 2013 11:05 AM in response to Paul Lipps

    i have this wifi issue on an i mac mid 2007 since i upgraded to mavericks. simply dropping the connection every few minutes.

    after your post i turned drop box off and it sems to work now. still too early to be sure but at least for about 15 minutes it is stable.

    thanks for asking the right question.

  • by rem-art,

    rem-art rem-art Dec 5, 2013 11:49 AM in response to rem-art
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    Dec 5, 2013 11:49 AM in response to rem-art

    and that was it. after 30 mins dropping again connection.

    the only solution is an os x downgrade - back to snow leopard or mountain lion. both worked flawlessly

  • by George Monge,

    George Monge George Monge Dec 5, 2013 6:30 PM in response to seb101
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    Dec 5, 2013 6:30 PM in response to seb101

    Hi.

     

    I have the same wifi issue in my MaBbook Air 11-inch, Mid 2013.

  • by MikeE21286,

    MikeE21286 MikeE21286 Dec 7, 2013 9:23 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 7, 2013 9:23 AM in response to seb101

    I have the same issue.

     

    2012 Retina Macbook Pro

  • by Coldwaraaron,

    Coldwaraaron Coldwaraaron Dec 8, 2013 10:15 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 8, 2013 10:15 AM in response to seb101

    I'm having this problem as well. The only complaint I have about an otherwise amazing 2013 macbook air. Hopefully Apple is working on this.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Dec 8, 2013 11:07 AM in response to Coldwaraaron
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    Dec 8, 2013 11:07 AM in response to Coldwaraaron

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.


    Feedback

  • by -Txemi-,

    -Txemi- -Txemi- Dec 8, 2013 12:34 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Dec 8, 2013 12:34 PM in response to Eric Root

    Thanks Eric,

    I did send my feedback too, but I just wonder if these guys at Apple could put a few bucks of the few billions they make in profit every two weeks to actually SUPPORT their customers.

     

    Even small companies have people that read their own community forums and provide support. How is it a company like Apple simply ignore us here in THEIR own community? At least they could acknowledge it and provide a target date for a fix.

     

    It is really annoying. "It simply works" clearly no longer applies to Apple. Times are a changin.

  • by tugamac,

    tugamac tugamac Dec 10, 2013 6:55 AM in response to -Txemi-
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    Dec 10, 2013 6:55 AM in response to -Txemi-

    Try to remove the password of your network, that solved it for me. If it works you can add a mac filtering rule so that non one can enter in you network.

  • by seb101,

    seb101 seb101 Dec 10, 2013 10:57 AM in response to tugamac
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    Dec 10, 2013 10:57 AM in response to tugamac

    WORST ADVICE EVER.  Please nobody do this.  If you take the encryption password off your network you will be exposing all your internet traffic to anyone within range of your network.  MAC address spoofing is the easiest trick in the book.

  • by seb101,

    seb101 seb101 Dec 10, 2013 10:58 AM in response to seb101
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    Dec 10, 2013 10:58 AM in response to seb101

    Every solution posted on here so far is a workaround and a bad workaround at that - it either disables some other feature or requires additional hardware etc.  Apple need to address this problem, fast.

  • by vincenzoP,

    vincenzoP vincenzoP Dec 10, 2013 1:04 PM in response to tugamac
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    Dec 10, 2013 1:04 PM in response to tugamac

    WHAAAAAAAT????? Mac address only on a free wireless? Ever heard of MITM?

  • by eakinm2,

    eakinm2 eakinm2 Dec 10, 2013 1:27 PM in response to vincenzoP
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    Dec 10, 2013 1:27 PM in response to vincenzoP

    As I have asked before. What's wrong with purchasing a USB wifi from Amazon for $10 - $15 and using it until this gets fixed. It's clear that Apple can't or won't be fixing this for awhile as it has been 9 - 10 months now. A small expenditure for no hassle.

  • by eakinm2,

    eakinm2 eakinm2 Dec 10, 2013 1:33 PM in response to eakinm2
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    Dec 10, 2013 1:33 PM in response to eakinm2

    Excuse me. I meant USB Bluetooth and us the native wifi.

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