NinoStudent13
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Q: Constant disconnecting and reconnecting with WPA2 enterprise wifi. Any available solution?

I know it can't be the wifi because as recent as yesterday on Mavericks everything was fine. Now after the update it constantly disconnects and reconnects as much as a few times per five minutes! I've read on Reddit other people are having similar problems. Hopefully Apple fixes this soon.

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 8:38 AM

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Q: Constant disconnecting and reconnecting with WPA2 enterprise wifi. Any available solution?

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  • by DarkHuntress,

    DarkHuntress DarkHuntress Oct 17, 2014 9:17 AM in response to NinoStudent13
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    Oct 17, 2014 9:17 AM in response to NinoStudent13

    I haven't installed Yosemite on my iMac or MBA yet but I do find it interesting that some of the Yosemite problems users are having are very similar to the connectivity problems I am having with iOS 8.

  • by davidedmondson,

    davidedmondson davidedmondson Oct 17, 2014 10:11 AM in response to NinoStudent13
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    Oct 17, 2014 10:11 AM in response to NinoStudent13

    Similar behaviour with WPA2 Personal (Airport Extreme + Airport Express extender).

  • by davidedmondson,

    davidedmondson davidedmondson Oct 17, 2014 11:29 AM in response to davidedmondson
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    Oct 17, 2014 11:29 AM in response to davidedmondson

    Looking at the Console.app logs, it seems that the machine decides to bounce between two APs:

     

    17/10/2014 19:22:07.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 36912.641537: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:a7:91:9e  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:22:11.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 36915.802654: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:af:a3:54  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:22:14.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 36918.976595: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:a7:91:9e  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:22:17.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 36922.166582: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:22:20.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 36925.323944: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:22:20.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en0

    17/10/2014 19:22:20.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #3, bssid 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93, last RSSI -73

    17/10/2014 19:22:20.000 kernel[0]: en0: BSSID changed to 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93

    17/10/2014 19:22:20.000 kernel[0]: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed

    17/10/2014 19:24:01.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37026.789184: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:af:a3:54  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:24:05.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37029.979376: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:af:a3:54  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:24:05.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en0

    17/10/2014 19:24:05.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #3, bssid 20:c9:d0:af:a3:54, last RSSI -65

    17/10/2014 19:24:05.000 kernel[0]: en0: BSSID changed to 20:c9:d0:af:a3:54

    17/10/2014 19:24:05.000 kernel[0]: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed

    17/10/2014 19:27:06.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37210.896826: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:a7:91:9e  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:27:09.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37214.088570: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:af:a3:54  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:27:12.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37217.263429: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 20:c9:d0:a7:91:9e  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:27:15.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37220.429042: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:27:18.000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 37223.509291: MacAuthEvent en0   Auth result for: 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93  MAC AUTH succeeded

    17/10/2014 19:27:18.000 kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en0

    17/10/2014 19:27:18.000 kernel[0]: wl0: Roamed or switched channel, reason #3, bssid 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93, last RSSI -76

    17/10/2014 19:27:18.000 kernel[0]: en0: BSSID changed to 10:9a:dd:87:5b:93

    17/10/2014 19:27:18.000 kernel[0]: en0::IO80211Interface::postMessage bssid changed

  • by LocutusEstBorg,

    LocutusEstBorg LocutusEstBorg Dec 23, 2014 3:05 AM in response to NinoStudent13
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    Dec 23, 2014 3:05 AM in response to NinoStudent13

    Same problem on my iPhone 5S iOS 8. WPA2 Enterprise alone repeatedly disconnects (usually in sleep) and reconnects (when unlocked). WPA2 Personal stays connected permanently.