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wifi with Yosemite

Since upgrading to Yosemite often the WiFi connection drops and I need to restart the Mac Book Air to get it back

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Nov 12, 2014 2:43 AM

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Posted on Nov 12, 2014 2:47 AM

Hi ..


Might be corrupted network preferences as a result of the upgrading.



Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder


Type or copy paste the following:


/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration


Click Go then move all the files in the SystemConfiguration folder to the Trash.


Restart your Mac.



See if that makes a difference.


Your Mac will generate a new SystemConfiguration folder for you.


If that doesn’t help, try here > Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity

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Oct 15, 2015 5:49 PM in response to torreypines

That makes a lot of sense. I have a home configuration using Airport, and have no problems with my new MBP 13 Retina. But at our lake house with the cable company-provided router, I have constant dropping of the wifi. I created new locations and reentered the DNS, and it works for a while then stops working. I am not at the lake anymore, but if the problem is there again next Spring I will be back at this thread.

wifi with Yosemite

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