Wifi constantly looking for networks

I tried but it appears to be not working for me as well.

Am'I missing anything here?

I found that just unchecking the "show wi-fi status in menu bar" worked for me.

Did you then turn it back on? I will try this when I get home tonight.

When user runs wireless diagnostics in the end , a report is formed screen shots are attached one can follow it for better connectivity on network .

I tried the solution, but found when I clicked Apply, the Apply just went grey and stayed grey, and did not seem to be working. Sick to death of this issue - my non-Apple-using family members have no problem using the same wifi in our house - mine constantly looking for networks and pages take ages to open - constant frustration. Sorry I bought Apple.

Why do we have to do all this stuff, when my other family members, who don't use Apple, just go online with the same wifi and have no problem, but I am sitting there watching the circle go round and round, pages not opening, and constant "looking for networks".

Hello! Im having the same problem but the wifi doesn't work. I've run the diagnosis and it says everything is fine. The wifi works on my phone and my iPad. It is just with my laptop that doesn't work. I've tried the recommendations here. I'm really frustrated

Hey!

So I had this issue...until 5 minutes ago. I had to google for an answer on my iPhone because it was so frustrating on my Macbook as the page wouldn't load etc.

So I thought with so many people having success with the Captains solution, I thought I'd give it a shot - however this didn't work initially (removing the connection and re adding and ticking and unticking the 'show wifi status' box).

Next, I unticked that box again ('show wifi status') and clicked apply and started browsing without the wifi icon and low and behold - I had no issues...mind you it's been 5 minutes without any issues, but that's 4.5 minutes better than any uninterrupted browsing time I've had in the last year!! After a while browsing without the icon, i went back to network preferences and ticked the 'show wifi status' box and it's still fine!!

The only concerning thing is that the wifi icon/display still switches from 'Wi-Fi: On' and 'Wi-Fi: Looking for Networks...' every 2-3 seconds still...as it does with many other users on here...but my connection works fine now...so it could be a normal thing (on my macbook version: 13" retina display, bought in May2015 on Yosemite and now on El Capitan) as mentioned by users farmerSam and K Shaffer

I'm still unsure entirely how I did this, it could be that the Captains solution was correct and I just didn't do it properly initially, in which case, thanks haha! So give it a go...hopefully it solves a lot of peoples problems as I know how frustrating this is.

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