MB 14" Base 2021 wifi issues

[manyelski]

Hello I have MB 14"base model now for 2-3 weeks and it seems like it is dropping wifi for no obvious reason - the wifi seems connected, then pages take ages to load and in the end don't'. Sometimes connecting it to my iPhone works, some times just flicking wifi on and off helps, but sometimes I need to restart. The Private Relay is on. Wonder if it faulty wifi component or just OS issue?

 

[David1986H]

Im having the same or similar issue where my 2021 16" just drops wifi connection for 5 or so seconds then suddenly starts working again. I watch a lot of live streams sometimes 2 or 3 streams at the same time and all of them just stop and start after a few seconds, this can happen multiple times over a few hours at random times.

From what I can remember it only started happening a month or so ago. Having to turn wifi off and on sometimes a restart.

I do have an ethernet adapter so maybe ill try that way for a while.

 

[gradi]

That is very reminiscent of another Apple problem. Remember this one? In 2015 I bought an ipad air 32gb with iOS 8.4.1, but it had major problems getting and keeping a wifi connection. Apple support was useless. They kept telling me that I was the only person in the world who had ever reported a problem. I did some searching and discovered this had been an ongoing problem since iOS 8 and it continued with iOS 9. Has it ever been fixed? I sent the ipad back.

Apple iOS 8.4 Hit By Return Of Crippling Bug

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/07/24/apple-ios-8-4-old-foe/

Welcome to the nightmare Apple can’t wake up from. After promising to fix the functionality stripped from iOS 8.4 in iOS 9, Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software has now been hit by an old foe…

WiFried is back with a vengeance. The bug makes any form of Internet access a nightmare by repeatedly dropping WiFi connections and slowing speeds to a crawl and Apple Support Communities has now started receiving WiFried complaints from frustrated users running iOS 8.4.

Apple iOS 8.4.1: Should You Upgrade?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/08/20/apple-ios-8-4-1-should-you-upgrade/

iOS 8 has a notorious history for troubled WiFi, but those who hadn’t experienced previous issues are now finding iOS 8.4.1 is causing new problems.

WiFried: iOS 8 WiFi Issue

https://medium.com/@mariociabarra/wifried-ios-8-wifi-performance-issues-3029a164ce94#.51yu8i51y

Apple customers report devices crashing on iOS 9 update

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/apple-customers-report-devices-crashing-ios-9-112600600–finance.html

iOS 9 users reporting Wi-Fi connectivity problems

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ios-9-users-reporting-wi-fi-connectivity-problems-how-fix-them-1520656

iOS 9 brings its own share of inherent bugs and post-update issues such as persistent Wi-Fi connectivity problems like any other major iOS update. Some of the recently reported issues include inability to connect to a Wi-Fi network, unexpected error messages with incorrect password entries, intermittent connection issues and/or extremely slow connection speeds.

Broken Wi-Fi in iOS 9

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/10/22/ios-9-problems-fixes/

We’re already seeing complaints about broken Wi-Fi in iOS 9. This isn’t at all surprising given that Wi-Fi problems are among the most common iOS problems.

Apple customers report devices crashing on iOS 9 update

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/apple-customers-report-devices-crashing-ios-9-112600600–finance.html

Apple Releases iOS 9, Update Failures Anger Users

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/09/16/apple-releases-ios-9/

 

[mreg376]

Hello I have MB 14"base model now for 2-3 weeks and it seems like it is dropping wifi for no obvious reason - the wifi seems connected, then pages take ages to load and in the end don't'. Sometimes connecting it to my iPhone works, some times just flicking wifi on and off helps, but sometimes I need to restart. The Private Relay is on. Wonder if it faulty wifi component or just OS issue?

There's a big difference between 2 and three weeks, since 2 weeks may still be in the return window.

I had what sounds like the same problem on a 16". I changed DNS providers, flushed the DNS cache, turned private relay on and off. Only restarting temporarily fixed it. I ended up returning the MacBook, and its replacement has not had the issue. Maybe I could have found the answer, but I don't have the time (or inclination) to troubleshoot a brand new computer.