Keeps dropping and reconnecting. Pretty sure it's not the wifi because on MacOS and my iPhone, both have stable connections. It's probably a driver issue, anyone know a fix?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.1), 2016 15" w/ Touchbar
Right, but it's the same chip. For all we know it could have been a problem with Bluetooth causing problem with WiFi.
Open mind...
Wanna know something really odd?
In my researching I came across the teardowns on ifixit of both the 15 inch and 13 in TB models of this mac.
The angle was that if I was able to identify the specific chip I could either:
- find a better working driver from the manufacturer
- identify that there are other PC manufacturers that are having the same issue with that chipset
To my surprise iFixit lists in the 13" variant that the chipset is "Murata/Apple 339S00056 Wi-Fi Module" Not Broadcom
See link : https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Touch+Bar+Teardown/73480
Not sure if Murata is some sub company of Broadcom or if it is a separate company completely.
When looking for the wifi module on the 15" variant, iFixit may have conveniently left it out.... I asked them why, I'm still waiting on a response. But closer inspection of the logic board shows that there is a similar looking chip in a similar configuration on the logic board for the 15" variant. (update: I just checked again, iFixit located the same model chip and updated their teardown)
Digging into the company Murata, I found a bunch of different low powered wifi all in one units that they manufacture, but have not been able to identify any additional information.
This may be why Apple chose to use such a generic Broadcom Driver as opposed to a model specific driver. It could be that apple never actually took the time to write a proper windows driver for this chipset, and just assumed it would work, because, it always did in the past more or less...
The problem only seemingly presents itself on 2.4 ghz networks when they are secure, Not when the network is open.
So perhaps I may attempt to use Mac filtering on my Wifi router and leave it open for the time being...
Yes it could be a third party making it for Broadcom. The hardware identifies itself as Broadcom in Windows.
I've been searching without success to find 'older' windows 10 drivers for BCM4360.
I've spent too long trying to find an angle to make it work properly.
I've ordered up a nano USB WiFi module to plug into the USB to USB-C adapter I have and will use that until the fix arrives from Apple.
What a clutzy cluster-something thing to have to do with this multi-thousand dollar product. Ugh....
Which nano usb adapter are you trying? Curious to know how it works. I have had this issue as well. Initially my wifi was dropping in and out, but I tried tinkering with some of the settings mentioned in this thread and then eventually set everything back to default and it is holding a steady connection on a secured 2.4GHZ wifi for about 2 weeks now. Will not connect to 5G. I tried the bluetooth update and still can't connect to 5G.
oh, and I did disable a guest network I had. Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
I have same issues on both g and n.
Your connection may stay up but test with a constant ping to the router (ping x.x.x.x -t) and you'll see it being flaky at random times.
Not much better luck with Setting up wifi as open Network with only Mac Filtering for the MBP.
It sorta worked. But after a minute it crapped out again....
You guys can try TJ Ping. Its a free utility that detects packet loss. More robust reporting than command line ping..
Yeah, use it too, although the inbuilt windows ping does what it needs to do to show the problem.
NYMunky wrote:
To my surprise iFixit lists in the 13" variant that the chipset is "Murata/Apple 339S00056 Wi-Fi Module" Not Broadcom
If you check About This Mac -> System Report -> Network -> WiFi, you see output similar to the one I had asked for in Re: Bootcamp windows 10 on Macbook Pro 2016 touch bar . It is a Broadcom chipset as shown by the OSX side and it works correctly in OSX.
http://wireless.murata.com/eng/products/rf-modules-1/wi-fi-bluetooth/type-zp.htm l
Did some more digging. The chip is this one or a very close variant of it.
BCM4339
smokeandapancake wrote:
http://wireless.murata.com/eng/products/rf-modules-1/wi-fi-bluetooth/type-zp.htm l
Did some more digging. The chip is this one or a very close variant of it.
BCM4339
The Vendor ID 0x14E4 is Broadcom, but Product ID is 0x15A is new. On a 2012 13-in MBP it is AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5).
I have found a fix that lets me use the 5ghz network, in windows go to driver manger and find the WiFi adaptor and go into properties and head over to the advanced tab. Scroll down the property list and find 'AP Compatibility Mode' and change from 'Best Performance' to 'Broader Compatibility'. It fixed it for me and it stays working after a reboot. The speed is also a lot faster.
@JordanJ22, thanks for this! I can confirm that your steps fixed my WiFi issues on my tbMBP 13".
I've been playing online FPS shooter games at various Starbucks in my area, and consistently get disconnected from the server and have horrible ping values (100 ms minimum) -- both of which are crucial to performing well in these types of games. These disconnects happen without a hitch within 45 minutes of starting a game. Also, any webpages or videos loaded in my Chrome browser very slowly.
After applying the settings in your post, I was able to get in a 3 hour gaming session with no hiccups, and webpages loaded so much faster. Network download tests went from reporting <0.2 Mbps to >9.0 Mbps after applying these settings.
I applied these settings without installing the latest bluetooth drivers mentioned (see 12/28/16 post) or without disabling 802.11a (see 12/6/2016 post). It did take a few minutes of trying to connect to the "Google Starbucks" network before it worked.
Sadly I get no luck here, problem still exists 😟
Wifi keeps dropping in Windows 10 (BootCamp) on new tbMBP 15"
