Q: OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

Well put   ....  I am sure the developers at Apple are not sleeping well over this one...... and it IS a free install..... and we (all) did agree to the fine print when we installed it.......  I still this it is poor business practice to not issue a notice of any kind on the part of Apple.  This will all be forgotten in a few months and on to another glitch in the works....

Warszawa wrote:

 

Is it possible to make your responses none personal? We are all to certain degree personally affected by it, however sill strangers to each other just trying to understand, share emotions ideas and possibly help. We are not getting any responses from Apple. A general acknowledgment from Apple in a brief statement would help to settle down some of frustrations.

I have been friendly to you. Given you a fool-proof solution to your network issues.

Sorry about that.

You keep using every chance you get to point out that you want Apple to apologize or make statements. Statements can take on different forms.

Engineering of 10.10.01 BETA - asking testers to concentrate on WIFI - would be one example of a statement !

I personally prefer such a statement over an apology.

Is there a solution yet to the wifi issues where LAN traffic works win, but internet traffic appears to stop, forcing you to disconnect and then reconnect?

Does resetting the PRAM fix this?

At the moment we have four 2.7Ghz MacBook Pro i7 Retina's that are each freezing about three times a day since Yosemite. Along with the network issues, Bluetooth issues and the fact that I can't turn Notifications off I am not real happy with Yosemite. It could turn me off as a Mac user ( I have been using Mac's since 1984 and Apple II's before that )

howardabbotsford wrote:

 

At the moment we have four 2.7Ghz MacBook Pro i7 Retina's that are each freezing about three times a day since Yosemite. Along with the network issues, Bluetooth issues and the fact that I can't turn Notifications off I am not real happy with Yosemite. It could turn me off as a Mac user ( I have been using Mac's since 1984 and Apple II's before that )

Hi - perhaps you can start a thread about the freezing issues. I am sure that if you describe the issues that someone can help in some way.

Give it a shot. And if you have already started one, throw in the link ;-)

I'm not sure which is the fool-prof solution that you provided. I'm not comfortable in reverting my computer from Yosemite to Maverick. It is a little complex for me to perform without a wary. Beside that I have tried all of the solution suggested on this forum plus few from my own e-net research. Nothing works. The last solution I performed is a hard reset of my Air Port Extreme router. I really need my computer to be operational just like before the Yosemite "upgrade". I'm depending on it every day.

Warszawa wrote:

 

I really need my computer to be operational just like before the Yosemite "upgrade". I'm depending on it every day.

Hi -

That is why I suggested that you install Mavericks and wait a month or two to install Yosemite. At least until this problem blows over.

1) Backup your hard drive then Wipe it.

2) Install Mavericks latest greatest.

3) Copy over your personal files and you're good to go.

If you depend on the computer every day and 10.10 does not do it for you. Then what is there to discuss ;-)

Install a system that works and has stood the test of time. And use your computer productively. You don't need the latest greatest to be productive.

To me that is a fool-proof solution. If you backup your drive while you are sleeping you won't even loose time. Installation is fast and so is migration.

That is less time spent than what you already did trouble shooting. And if nothing works for you. Then there is your way out ;-)

And Mavericks is a perfectly functioning system - and not that old.

I did explain on more than one occasion; I'm not comfortable of performing a such task. It's a much more complicated and involving process then your three point suggestion. I do not want to totally mess my computer up.

Which speaker did you have that caused WiFi issues ?

@Mamaricci: I tried as you described. One question: when clicking 'Access control' tab in the keychain item, it takes several minutes to open, showing a spinning beach ball all the time. Than the 'enter an admin password' dialogue pops up, that again takes very long before allowing me to enter it. After setting "allow all applications to access this item" another 'enter admin name and password' opens (this time without my current admin account pre-filled) which again takes very long to allow any entry. I was able to confirm the change in the end. While hoping connections will improve, I tried to just look at the same Keychain entry again: same behavior (still waiting for it to open while typing this).

Did you experience the same?

Hi wifiguru,

The speaker that wasn't getting on with my iMac is a Monitor Audio S1 but I hasten to add its not a problem with the speaker.  I swapped them around and it was always the speaker on the r/h channel (the one nearest my iMac) that had the issues.  It's wired btw and not a wifi or Bluetooth jobie.

Tthe problem I was having with multiple iTunes librarys showing up has disappeared since I relocated things too and my AirPlay connectivity has improved massively since then, allthough it's far from perfect.

Could Yosemite be more susceptible to electrical interference than Mavericks?  I don't see how that's possible so I'm thoroughly confused as to what's going on now.

I am having exactly the same problem.  I'll initially connect to the router but it will drop the connection after a minute or two.  It will usually reconnect after another minute or two.  Up and down ... very frustrating.  I tried a full fresh reinstall of Yosemite but same results.  Something is wrong with the wireless car driver or associated network stack.  Would appreciate some attention and fixes from Apple. 

I am going to downgrade to Mavericks.  Very disappointing.  I like the IOS 8 integration.

I'll post the results of my Maverick downgrade. 

I'll post the results of my Maverick downgrade.  Tough to get it downloaded with the network dropping out ...

Another interesting phenomenon I experience: I get the message "Another device on the network is using your computer’s IP address".  I've gone into my ASUS router and selected a unique IP address for my MacBook Pro.  The only possible device that can have the IP address is my MacBook Pro (designated by MAC address).  This error shows that it is a low level problem with how the network is functioning on the MacBook.  The session is being dropped and then connects in a way that the router doesn't even know it's gone down. 

I've got about 20 devices connected to my WiFi and the MacBook is the only one experiencing connectivity problems. I didn't start experiencing these problems until I upgraded to Yosemite. 

Here is the system report ...

Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1

  Processor Name: Intel Core i5

  Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

  Number of Processors: 1

  Total Number of Cores: 2

  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

  L3 Cache: 3 MB

  Memory: 10 GB

  Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B27

  SMC Version (system): 1.68f99

  Serial Number (system): C2QGV006DVHJ

  Hardware UUID: DA72AB32-E50A-518A-AB93-7D0259C0A715

  Sudden Motion Sensor:

  State: Enabled