Late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13'' Wifi Issues

Just wanted to say that I have had severe latency issues on my Macbook Air right up until the time I disabled power nap on both mains and battery power, not sure if that will help you guys. I hope Apple patch the issue soon but until then for me good wifi performance is far more preferable than having it check my emails while I'm away.

It makes no difference, with powernap disabled or enabled.

Did you try a reboot after disabling it? My issue always cleared up temporarily after reboot, and disabling power nap in wired and battery has made my fix permanent.

Yes, I did. After reboot, there are still variable ping rates and dropped packets.

Workaround Found:

On my systems (Macbook Air Mid 2013, Macbook Pro Late 2013) experienced the same issue.

Lots of good posts and analysis out there including (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5185698?answerId=22560444022#22560444022)

You can work around the problem by opening a terminal window and running:

ping -i .2 10.0.1.1 >/dev/null

(where 10.0.1.1 is the IP address of your wireless router.)

This sends packets every .2 seconds keeping the WIFI chip from going into power saving mode.

Sample Timings:

localhost:~ chris$ ping -c 10 10.0.1.1

PING 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.098 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=20.232 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=241.749 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=162.914 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=83.387 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=3.735 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=231.503 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=152.180 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=72.649 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=301.283 ms

--- 10.0.1.1 ping statistics ---

10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.098/127.073/301.283/101.827 ms

When I open a second terminal tab and run

ping -i .2 10.0.1.1 >/dev/null

localhost:~ chris$ ping -c 10 10.0.1.1

PING 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1.060 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=1.192 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=1.098 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=1.777 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=1.258 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=1.618 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=1.543 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=1.822 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=1.330 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=1.308 ms

--- 10.0.1.1 ping statistics ---

10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.060/1.401/1.822/0.259 ms

Apple just released 10.9.1 update for mavericks. They notice about enhancements for all Macbook Pro Retina late 2013 users...

We will see, do you see any improvements?

Installed the update, unfortunately the problem persists.

Problem still persists after Mavericks update. Pings are "ping ponging" all over the place. My thunderbolt ethernet adapter has perfect ping, but AC wireless connecting to a new Apple AC router is all over the place.

Hi all,

it seems I have been able to solve my WiFi problem with Late 2013 Macbook Pro 13 Retina.

In my case, it was not due to Wi-Fi power saving features, pings etc. but to a strange interference between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

I noticed that because casually I turned off my Bluetooth and istantly Internet became faster than light, when it was stucked only a few seconds before.

To solve my issue once and for all, I followed the instructions on another Apple forum (sorry but I cannot find the link again):

- Go to Bluetooth preferences

- Click on Advanced button

- Disable all the options there (all three of them)

- Click OK.

Done. Hope this helps someone else, for me it was a life-saver!

For me changing bluetooth settings hasn't had any effect, but changing my router to use channel 13 on the 2.4ghz band did help and I'm not seeing the sporadic periods of high latency+drops anymore.

PHY mode: 802.11n

channel: 13 (2.4GHz)

security: WPA personal

RSSI: -43

transmit rate: 130

MCS index: 15

163 packets transmitted, 163 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.671/1.467/22.427/2.589 ms

Sorry, I spoke too soon: 40 minutes later, I do see the issue again regardless of channel.

I had the same problem after upgrading to Mavericks, diggin in another thread i found this:

https://github.com/MacMiniVault/Mac-Scripts/blob/master/unicastarp/unicastarp-RE ADME.md

That amazing work by MacMiniVault team saved my day before I went crazy, please help the community spreading the voice...

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I'm using a Netgear CG3000 from my ISP, who has locked it down with an outdated formware.

It's running 802.11 b/g/n, 40 Mhz, auto channel. I've tried cycling through all the channels manually, but untill now only 802.11g on the rMBP.

Just now I've tried enabling WMM in the router as per mshybut's post. Instantly the rMBP connected at 802.11n. Thanks dude."

I have the same Router, an your post helped. I enabled WMM, and now i run on 802.11n - Thanks 🙂

I am having the same EXTREMELY ANNOYING issue. My brand new rMBP has extremely slow internet connections. Pinging the gateway is extremely bad:

4 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3153 ttl=64 time=75.814 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3154 ttl=64 time=95.765 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3155 ttl=64 time=16.187 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3156 ttl=64 time=39.284 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3157 ttl=64 time=65.887 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3158 ttl=64 time=85.791 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3159 ttl=64 time=6.243 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3160 ttl=64 time=30.132 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3161 ttl=64 time=54.856 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3162 ttl=64 time=74.816 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3163 ttl=64 time=1.655 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3164 ttl=64 time=18.232 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3165 ttl=64 time=43.941 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3166 ttl=64 time=63.792 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3167 ttl=64 time=88.556 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3168 ttl=64 time=9.188 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3169 ttl=64 time=32.930 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3170 ttl=64 time=53.085 ms

64 bytes from 10.19.2.1: icmp_seq=3171 ttl=64 time=77.795 ms

I am running all the latest updates.I turned off bluetooth. If I reboot the router, things get better for a while.

My iPhone/iPad connected to the same wireless router work just fine. I will test with my old 17" MBP tomorrow...

So FRUSTRATING....

Is there a known solution to this problem by now?

I am also the same situation , I have applied for a new machine to replace .

macbook pro retina 15 / cpu 2.0 ram 16GB , Taiwan