OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

My worst Wifi problems are gone with 10.10.4, I never have minute-long disconnects of connectivity (while the WiFi-Interface stayed connected), so I am pretty sure this was linked to discoveryd. Shouldn't everyone who still has WiFi problem state if they already updated to 10.10.4 or 10.11?

I thought I was in heaven.

Because of shoulder problems, this week I had to break out my bluetooth keyboard and magic trackpad this week and, lo and behold, the two started disconnecting twice a day (batteries fully charged). I had to unpair and re-pair them to get them working again.

I now tried this 'Bluetooth DUN' voodoo dance, I'll keep you posted if it helped.

best regards

simon

I did this. It indicated that Bluetooth DUN is "inactive" in both the Network Preferences window, and when I did the listallnetworkservices it lists Bluetooth DUN with an asterisk as "inactive." Is that ok?

Update to UNII-1 band (5Ghz CH36-48) issues:

Further testing reveals the issue is when AP is set to regulatory domain of Australia. (Country Code: AU)

When set to United States (Country Code: US), MacBook connects OK.

Still inclined to think this is a driver problem, as stated before OS X 10.9.5 works OK with Country AU.

inactive Bluetooth DUN may work, ensure Wifi in top list network order.

Here is a further update on my investigations regarding the Wifi Issues. Our IT service bought a mid 2010 10'' MacBook and did a fresh installation of Yosemite 10.10.4. They have no issue connecting to our WPA2 enterprise network on 5 GHz. I now created a fresh installation on an USB drive, but still have the same issues as before. The hardware and the firmware on the two Laptops are different, as well as the Locale (whatever this is?).

mid 2010: Card: Airport Extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Firmware: Broadcom BCM 43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24), Locale:ETSI

mid 2012: Card: Airport Extreme (0x14E4, 0xEF), Firmware: Broadcom BCM 43xx 1.0 (7.15.166.24.3), Locale: FCC

I visited the Genius Bar a few days ago, and they didn't have a solution to the problem other than that this should have been sorted out with 10.10.4. Their advice was to have a clean install of Yosemite on an USB stick (see above).

I did this yesterday. No drops since. Working so far, and much better than anything else I've tried. Thank you!

Now it's dropping again 😟

I'm sorry about that, my wifi work fine for a long time. I will notice you when find out final solution for this problem.

I have gone thru all 219 pages and still have not found a solution that works....

my main home machine is an iMac

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

3.4 GHz Intel Core i5

32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

my ISP is ATT uVerse

everything was working fine until a couple of weeks ago.... I dont remember which Yosemite update I installed but my internet connection speeds dropped down to pre-dialup speeds

here are the numbers for the router I am connected to:

I've had 3 uVerse tech's out to my house - they replaced the modem with their newest model - they ran a brand new line from their box to my house - you an see from the info above that I have a max DL speed of 56368 - if only that were still true....

I have been using wireless for the past 3 years, but again, after doing an OS 10.10.x update, my DL speeds are now around 2mbps instead of my previously normal 24-30mbps speeds

the last tech even gave me a 30 foot ethernet cable to try/use instead of using wireless but my dl speeds still suck

has anyone found any other possible solutions?

Hi osihara! Just thought I'd pop in. Well you did eliminate the Wi-Fi card. Glad to hear the Dongle is getting by (barely). I noticed a firmware update push on my Mac Mini (2012). I didn't notice much. My Mac is running Windows 7 Pro quite well actually. Mavericks only because I have to have it for Boot Camp. I bought a different computer all together and use my Mac for Windows environment. I got bloody tired of all this waste of time with Apple and this OS X disorder. Controlled testing should take place. Beta Testing is for Beta Testers. A released OS X is for public. If it would make a difference, I would buy a new OS X from Apple. Well, my friend, rant off. I hope The Captain will get attention and respect and be better. Cheers!! John

"this should have been sorted out with 10.10.4."

That's great advice from the Genius bar. The issue was obviously not sorted out by 10.10.4.

What is the next solution? 10.10.5?

What will that break?

I'm still amazed that Yosemite has been broken since day one and Apple have fudged it since then.

Whatever happened to, "It just works"?

"It Just Works"?!

Rock, Paper, Scissors!

Rock wins!! 😐

Cheers!

nothing else is broken in 10.10.5

but this network isnt fixed either in 10.10.5

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I have the same vintage iMac that you do, with the same WiFi hardware, and I have absolutely no network issues whatsoever. Explain then ,why you have issues and I don’t. Same machine, same operating system, possibly different modem/router configuration. Yet Apple is to blame and it couldn’t possibly be some other factor out the hundreds of external factors that go into a stable WiFi connection?

@ikrupp - thats an excellent question

it could well be a difference in network settings

as I noted, uVerse swapped out everything at my house and all tests show that the speeds at the router are where they should be

here is whats coming in.... unfortunately, when I attempt to dl a file, i am lucky to get the following:

usually its are 200 kbs or lower....

so it would be interested to compare our Network Pref panel settings....