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OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

Hi there,


I upgraded my Macbook Pro Retina 15" (mid 2014 revision) to OS X Yosemite last night and am now having issues when using my home WiFi connection. Whilst it connects to either the 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz network, it is basically unusable. Web pages take minutes to load (if they even load at all), dropbox doesn't sync because it can't get a connection and even trying to get to the router config page is extremely slow and hit/miss.


Tethering to my iPhone seems to work ok, as does using my home network via wired ethernet.


Are any others having problems with Yosemite? Wifi was working fine on Mavericks.


Tom

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 12:37 AM

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Oct 20, 2014 7:56 AM in response to tomstephens89

I have tried everything, but my wifi at home still works randomly. It's a WPA Personal 2,4ghz network. It works for about 30 secs before it stops. If I'm lucky, I can browse in Chrome for hours with no problems, but it stops working as soon as I open up App Store. Then I have to restart my MBP to get it working again (if I'm lucky...). Right now I'm at work with a WPA2 Personal 5ghz network and have no problems at all. Weird......

Oct 20, 2014 8:06 AM in response to tomstephens89

I upgraded to Yosemite on Saturday All other family mac books were still at Mavericks. My MacMini was upgraded, but it was connected to the network via Ethernet Cable.


Only my macbook pro retina (Late 2013) running on Wireless was affected.

Bluetooth has always been turned off. So that is not in conflict.


This morning, I checked my preferred network priority settings ...

System Preferences --> Network --> Wi-fi --> Advanced --> Preferred Networks


My Wireless network had shifted in priority below my iPhone and my iPad.

I selected my Wifi network dragged it to the top. Hit Ok then apply.


It has been two hours. I have not experienced any wireless network failure. Here is hoping.

Oct 20, 2014 8:39 AM in response to tomstephens89

I have the same problem.

I have a 10 months old MBP retina, and it worked fine until yesterday when I installed Yosemite, now my WiFi drops every other minute and its takes time for it to connect again.


Apparently apple support in Sweden answers this problem with "it has to be an error with your wireless card", which obviously is bull s**t.


This clearly happened to a lot of users since the installation of Yosemite, and is this problem getting fixed soon or do I need to uninstall Yosemite and install Mavericks again?

OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

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