Late 2013 Macbook Pro Retina 13'' Wifi Issues

10.9.2 just out !!!

I'm try immediatly.

Sorry, but 10.9.2 don't solve the issue:

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=44 ttl=64 time=2.428 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=45 ttl=64 time=641.027 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=46 ttl=64 time=10.288 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=47 ttl=64 time=907.019 ms

Request timeout for icmp_seq 48

Request timeout for icmp_seq 49

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=49 ttl=64 time=1498.423 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=50 ttl=64 time=497.286 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=51 ttl=64 time=991.628 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=52 ttl=64 time=2.297 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=53 ttl=64 time=2.116 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=54 ttl=64 time=989.056 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=55 ttl=64 time=1.462 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=56 ttl=64 time=988.059 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=57 ttl=64 time=2.278 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=58 ttl=64 time=989.832 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=59 ttl=64 time=2.661 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=60 ttl=64 time=2.258 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=61 ttl=64 time=2.080 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=62 ttl=64 time=3.252 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=63 ttl=64 time=2.112 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=64 ttl=64 time=3.373 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=65 ttl=64 time=3.275 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=66 ttl=64 time=2.498 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=67 ttl=64 time=2.306 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=68 ttl=64 time=2.266 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=69 ttl=64 time=3.890 ms

^C

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---

70 packets transmitted, 69 packets received, 1.4% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.462/123.640/1498.423/326.291 ms

10.9.2 seems to fix my problem. My Late 2012 MBP 13 Retina had awful ping on 2.4Ghz, though worked fine on 5Ghz. After updating to 10.9.2 I switched my Airport Express (1st gen. version) back to 2.4Ghz b/g/n. Here is the ping test:

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1113 ttl=255 time=5.688 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1114 ttl=255 time=5.019 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1115 ttl=255 time=2.723 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1116 ttl=255 time=7.530 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1117 ttl=255 time=37.558 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1118 ttl=255 time=3.179 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1119 ttl=255 time=4.572 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1120 ttl=255 time=16.981 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1121 ttl=255 time=6.239 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1122 ttl=255 time=9.085 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1123 ttl=255 time=5.174 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1124 ttl=255 time=10.193 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1125 ttl=255 time=4.205 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1126 ttl=255 time=6.784 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1127 ttl=255 time=6.619 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1128 ttl=255 time=5.426 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1129 ttl=255 time=15.741 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1130 ttl=255 time=6.438 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1: icmp_seq=1131 ttl=255 time=2.370 ms

^C

--- 10.0.1.1 ping statistics ---

1132 packets transmitted, 1132 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.960/21.943/671.012/41.642 ms

Much better comparing to old tests. And I don't have "No Internet connection" messages anymore.

No good here. Router ping times for my 4 week old MB Retina Pro are all over the place, and download speeds half either the cheapo Windows box or my Nexus 5.

Appointments made: Genius Bar next Tuesday, ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) for Thursday (it's illegal under Australian law for Apple to knowingly continue to sell a faulty model).

Same here, still high ping times after installing 10.9.2. Much more timeouts in the first minutes ...

unbelievable, apple :-/

After one hour since update to 10.9.2 I can add to my previous post, that Transmit Rate drops sometimes to 5 and connection freezes for a moment, though connection is stable and I'm online all the time (Dropbox for example shows that it's connected). Before update my MBP could lose connection and some of my apps could go offline. Not perfect, but now better than before.

So those of you who have high ping or connection issues after installing 10.9.2 -- is bluetooth enabled? I'm currently using an external wifi usb adapter which works like a charm -- constant ping, no timeouts. It has to be sth. to do with wifi / bluetooth interferences, i guess.

and regarding: 'issue is solved after installing the newest wifi firmware'

Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.63) > still a lot of problems

strange

for me the problem with ping is resolved - very stable, no interruptions on both of my rMBPs (10.9.1 on both - ping was terrible)

qpWKZvukEPYagHXqFoiy wrote:

Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.63) > still a lot of problems

so it hasnt changed since the 10.9.2.beta2. I rolled back to the original Mavericks driver because the beta made things worse for me. Not looking forward to 10.9.2 after hearing that.

Also seeing how well the wifi can perform under Windows makes this even more sad for me.

@am2am2am

could you please post your firmware version? maybe firmware wasn't replaced correctly in my case cause of heavy modifications and testing during experiments on fixing this issues

I have the same firmware:

Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.63)

I participated in appleseeds - had also problems with earlier beta versions - decided to delete all my wifi locations/preferences and create wifi profile from the scratch.

Since that time no wifi problems, no ping problems on 10.9.2.

qpWKZvukEPYagHXqFoiy wrote:

So those of you who have high ping or connection issues after installing 10.9.2 -- is bluetooth enabled? I'm currently using an external wifi usb adapter which works like a charm -- constant ping, no timeouts. It has to be sth. to do with wifi / bluetooth interferences, i guess.

and regarding: 'issue is solved after installing the newest wifi firmware'

Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.63) > still a lot of problems

Haven't tested sans bluetooth with 10.9.2 (I'm working with an external display and keyboard/trackpad), but with 10.9.1, bluetooth on/off made no difference: wifi was poor either way.

After installation of 10.9.2 from App store the ping is stable on 2.4 Ghz wifi network but unfortunately is still unstable with lost packages on 5 Ghz wifi network. I am using Netgear dualband router.

Bluetooth has never been enabled on mine. The latency problem is only on 5Ghz band when all channels could not be aggregate.

If i place the MRB just in front the Airport Extreme and the rate reach 1.3Ghz, the ping is perfect.

the update apparently solved the problem