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Sep 19, 2016 6:52 AM in response to beercatby lllaass,Post screenshots of what diagnostics show and point out the differences
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Sep 19, 2016 8:06 AM in response to beercatby Grant Bennet-Alder,There are two different Applications with similar names.
The one invoked from:
System preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > (assist me) > (diagnostics) ...
... is a simpler routine to check for gross connection issues and attempt to resolve them on the spot.
The one invoked from:
Option-Wi-Fi Icon on the menuBar, then selecting "Open Wireless Diagnostics..."
... is a multi-featured Utility bundle with an initial connection-issue portion, and about five additional functions to display charts and graphs of Wi-Fi performance in real time. It also has a best practices recommendations pane and the ability to monitor your connection state from the background on an ongoing basis.
A warning about its "save a report" function: This should be called "developers' snapshot dump". It stores a zipped file with every conceivable setting that could possibly influence the performance of your Wi-Fi connection. It does not have any helpful summary information whatsoever. It is useful only to Wi-Fi developers at Apple.
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Sep 19, 2016 2:34 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alderby beercat,Figured it out. Operator error. Both machines show the same info. I can be trackpad illiterate at times