BrettG81

Q: Macbook Air loses connectivity every time it sleeps.

For about a month now my Macbook Air loses connectivity to wifi whenever it goes to sleep. I have it connected to my personal wifi and when I leave the MBA idle it goes to sleep after 15 mins. When I wake the computer it is still connected to my wifi, but the connectivity is gone. I have to turn airport off and then turn it back on. It regains connectivity immediately after that every time. However, it obviously shouldn't do that and it is annoying because it interrupts my downloads. I have tried playing around with the settings and reading the discussion boards. While people have had similar issues, none have been exactly the same and none of the troubleshooting has worked. Wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions or fixes for this. Thanks in advance!

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 15, 2015 12:21 PM

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  • by norm123,

    norm123 norm123 Mar 18, 2015 6:29 AM in response to BrettG81
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    Mar 18, 2015 6:29 AM in response to BrettG81

    Hello BrettG81,

     

    I know that can be frustrating when your MacBook Air does not maintain a Wi-Fi connection. There are a few things that you can try to get it working again. I know you have done some looking at your settings and possibly some adjustments, but go over the first article as some of the troubleshooting for OS X Snow Leopard and Lion can be helpful. Another troubleshooting option is to create a new network location and test it out to see if you still have the same issue. All the steps are linked below. 

     

    Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202222

     

    Using network locations (Mac OS X v10.6 and later)

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202480

     

    Regards,

    -Norm G.  

  • by dwb,

    dwb dwb Mar 18, 2015 7:26 AM in response to BrettG81
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    Mar 18, 2015 7:26 AM in response to BrettG81

    Try this. If you aren't using an Apple base station go online and make sure your router's firmware is up to date. Unlike Apple, most vendors don't let us know about firmware updates. I used to check monthly.

     

    Open System Preferences and select the Network tab. Click on WiFi in the left window pane and then click on the Advanced button near the bottom right corner. You should see at least 1 item in the preferred Networks list. If there is only one click on it, delete it and then close the dialog and the next time you sleep and wake the computer you'll have to select a network and enter your password. With luck that will be it. If there is more than one item listed, erase any you don't regularly connect to and move your preferred network to the top of the list. Close the dialog and keep your fingers crossed.

     

    Of course if you've done all this already your choices are to (1) hope Apple fixes this in the next update (2) kill a cat under the oak tree at midnight