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philly33flyers

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Jul 14, 2008
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I've been having Wifi issues ever since installing Monterey. I was trying to figure out what was causing my issues and I seem to have it narrowed down to this. I have 1gbps fiber and all my other devices seem fine however my Macbook Pro is extremely slow. Speed tests only get me around 10Mbps instead of the normal 350-450Mbps I usually get on Wifi. Has anyone found a fix or is this a known issue?

2017 15" Macbook Pro
UniFi Dream Machine Pro - Latest firmware and controller

Thanks in advance for any help.
 

philly33flyers

macrumors newbie
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Jul 14, 2008
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Seems like no matter what I do, the Mac wants to connect to only the 2.4ghz network. This was not the case before.
 

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Kenny99

macrumors 6502
Jan 28, 2018
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ST. Louis, Mo.
Have you tried changing the WiFi channel in your router?
WiFi Diagnostics - Option Key + WiFi icon- open the WiFi Diagnostic.
There are Apps (WiFi Explorer light) that may help you choose a channel.
 

philly33flyers

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 14, 2008
27
1
Have you tried changing the WiFi channel in your router?
WiFi Diagnostics - Option Key + WiFi icon- open the WiFi Diagnostic.
There are Apps (WiFi Explorer light) that may help you choose a channel.
Yes, I have the option of multiple channels and tried a different one. Again though, none of my other devices have issues connecting on the channel I had. It just seems for whatever reason ever since Monterey the laptop only wants to connect to 2.4Ghz instead of 5Ghz.
 

Kenny99

macrumors 6502
Jan 28, 2018
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ST. Louis, Mo.
Only thing else that I can suggest is to checkout the IP address, if it is in the High range ( you have 6 to 8 devices and the IP is xxx.xxx.x.8) try changing it to a Fixed and or lower IP)
 

3.14

macrumors newbie
Dec 6, 2020
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been having the same issue since first Monterey release, still exists in the newest release version 12.2.1, very slow wifi
 
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vince22

macrumors 6502a
Oct 12, 2013
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no issues here, latest MacOs Monterey , i have used both networks due to HomeKit devices.

wifi-2015 MBP.jpg
 
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