OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

Have had the same issues over the last week since upgrading to Yosemite. Wasted HOURS AND HOURS trawling through forums for a fix and tried pretty much everything.

What has finally worked for me was changing the type of wireless security from WPA Personal to WPA2 Personal.

Connected permanently again!!

I want to use channel 36, but my expensive AirPort Extreme AC allows me to select only higher channels 136 - 153. I believe it because of country restrictions. It was my additional question: is it possible to change channels list on AirPort Extreme AC?

My successful experiment with channel 36 was in other place with cheap Belkin router which allow to setup any 5GHz channel.

I don't think it's a Wifi-specific issue. I think it's a Safari issue. I've come to this conclusion after switching to ethernet thinking it would solve the problem.

My problem generally occurred when I was doing a lot of downloading while surfing. It seemed to happen more with video than with pics. The solution had been to toggle wifi off and on. This worked for increasingly shorter and shorter periods of time before I'd have to repeat the step. The same problem occurred when I was using ethernet with wifi turned off.

So, I tested different browsers to see if I could recreate the issue and no other browser had any kinds of problems. My test involved opening at least 30 tabs at the same time and then option-click downloading as many media items as I could as quickly as I could. Firefox doesn't have that command other than a right-click menu option, so, it didn't have an issue since it would download faster than I could attempt to jam it. Chrome has that function and no matter what I did I couldn't break it. I then switched back to Wifi and I got the same exact results.

So, my conclusion is that this is a Safari-specific issue and not a hardware issue.

I don't think it's a hardware issue. I think it's specific to Safari. I did some testing after I found that the same thing happened on ethernet with wifi turned off. I found no issues using any browser except for Safari, which seemed to jam when I tried to do too many things at once.

>I don't think it's a hardware issue. I think it's specific to Safari.

Nope, I hate Safari and never use it. Run Firefox instead. And last time, I lost my WiFi network when I was browsing the Apple Store.

>Yes there are bugs in 10.10. If you find any, report them to feedback @ Apple... In a detailed form. They DO listen.

Why don't they fix the Wifi bug then? Ok, they don't know how to fix it. But can they admit this problem if they do listen?

CrashOverride wrote:

I don't think it's a Wifi-specific issue. I think it's a Safari issue. I've come to this conclusion after switching to ethernet thinking it would solve the problem.

So, my conclusion is that this is a Safari-specific issue and not a hardware issue.

Sorry to put a stop to your theory.

1) This issue is very much alive just by connecting two Mac running yosemite. Safari or Mail NOT even open.

2) It not a hardware issue. Then all the people would not start to complain with the arrival of yosemite but had done so MUCH earlier.

3) This problem which is now unfortunately referred to as WIFI Problem. Is not a WIFI problem. But a Network Problem. WIFI works great, I never ever loose the WIFI Network but I DO loose the ability to resolve to ANY IP or Host.

WIFI works great - Network Resolve does NOT !

belmondoshkin wrote:

>Yes there are bugs in 10.10. If you find any, report them to feedback @ Apple... In a detailed form. They DO listen.

Why don't they fix the Wifi bug then? Ok, they don't know how to fix it. But can they admit this problem if they do listen?

What is there to admit.... Half the user base of Yosemite including Apple HQ is running with no problems.

Aside from that, if they did not listen, they would hardly ask betas to concentrate on WIFI - Now would they !

kaym wrote:

I was wondering the same thing - but was not certain enough to post. I stopped using Safari & started using Firefox. Voila! no more disconnects.

The disconnect could have something to do with speed. If the physical cable you are connected to is not able to carry the bandwidth, the connection is cut.

This was a BIG problem in Germany and many other countries (and still is) the ISP offers i.e 20Mbit downstream - what they fail to mention is that if connectee is located further than 1500 meters away from the main distributor, the physical connection going in to the house is only able to carry 6Mbit.

Perhaps, that is something to check out. Firefox is not exactly the 'newest' technology. Nor the fastest. (Please don't take this thread off topic in to a FF vs. Safari War ;-)))

Are you serious?

This problem has been going on for weeks without as much as a comment from Apple.

Obviously, the testing before release has been seriously inadequate.

That's what they could admit.

They could do customer relations management.

antons2cts wrote:

Are you serious?

This problem has been going on for weeks without as much as a comment from Apple.

Obviously, the testing before release has been seriously inadequate.

That's what they could admit.

They could do customer relations management.

Again... What should their comment be... This is not a clear cut thing.

Look, they are doing customer relations the way they see fit.

Personally, I don't give a darn if they come out and say, 'hey - we are so sorry that some are having problems with their Network'... That is NOT going to make the problem @ hand go away... Working, in house on fixing the issue and posting it to beta testers IS. And latter is exactly what they are doing... That is what I want -- a fix. An apology isn't going to fix networking.

Aside from that, do you know how many other branches of OS X is having some kind of flaw, for some and not for others, causing issues for various professionals and other people. Apple would then have to set up whole new website and start apologising all over the place. That would be pathetic. And totally unnecessary. They fix those issues when they can repro them. And that is what counts. To me at least. You can't buy jack with an apology.

I had no intention of starting a "Safari v Firefox war" and I believe my comment was "on topic". I don't particularly give a hoot which browser I use ... as long as it gives me what I want. If my disconnects have something to do with speed: then I don't know why the sudden deterioration post installation of Yosemite - just saying ...

Hello, same thing happens to me while downloading videos or movies using Firefox as a browser. So, this issue is not just Safari exclusive. I'll try to replace my 3.5 years Air Port Extreme with a new one and see if that helps with the dropping WiFi. I do not Apple is going to fix that anytime soon.

Well, in my case it's an intermittent, random WiFi signal lost. So, this connectivity issue affects many people differently. Most likely because of computers configuration as different applications, network providers, set up, etc.

I am begging Apple, if I could get down on my hands and knees I would, PLEASE try and expedite a fix to this soon. It has been a month and in that time I have not been able to accomplish a half of what I normally can in that period. As a work from home digital artist, I have to be able to not only communicate with my clients but actually get the work done! This situation seems to be getting worse, and I am an artist, not a computer geek, I cannot follow or would not attempt to follow all of the educated fixes offered on the forum for fear of making things worse. I need to pay my bills Apple. Please do something - you are all so brilliant I can't see why the fix is taking so long. Or.. give us all the opportunity to return to Mavericks. When can we expect a proper fix? At this rate, I am going to have to look for a new line of work.