Hello,
I just a got a new mac mini and the wifi keeps dropping.
I got everything set up and all was fine (10.10.2). Then about an hour in things got a bit buggy the Bluetooth tweaked (wireless keyboard, mouse) and the wifi dropped. Rebooted computer and the wifi was still not working. Then a couple minutes later it picked right back up. Then dropped again, which led me to hit the web searching for answers via my 2013 MBA running 10.10.2 whos wifi has been just fine.
Things that may help those helping me:
- We have a old century link router - it sucks, but should not be the prob. We have 3 newer MBAs that are using it all on 10.10.2 with no probs. Along wit misc other devices.
-To add a new variable I used my LG G3 as a wifi hot spot running 4g LTE. The problems were consistent between the two.
- I hard reset the computer
-I reset the keychain
-I followed various advice that I found when searching the problem on the web which included the above along with resetting the DHCS? subscription (not the right word), along with a few other things.
- It tried to do a fresh install, but with no wifi and no ability to hard wire in, I could not.
-Everytime the bars went gray, the computer would still "see" my G3 and the house router, but when you clicked on one of them it would come up with a message saying it could not connect.
So I gave up, went to sleep, woke up and turned it on. Wifi worked. Then it was VERY slow. The wifi bars were black, but loading a page was impossible. I loaded the same page on my mba with no prob using the same wifi.
I did a quick search online again and this time found on apples own site that wifi 3.0 can cause wifi problems?? Well, I have a Sibernet 3.0 4 port plugged into the back so I unplugged it, closed the internet reopened and went to the same website and youtube, both loaded just fine. Was that the prob??? Who knows....sigh I had to go to work so that's where I left it.
Any other ideas? This is extremely frustrating.
Thank you
I just a got a new mac mini and the wifi keeps dropping.
I got everything set up and all was fine (10.10.2). Then about an hour in things got a bit buggy the Bluetooth tweaked (wireless keyboard, mouse) and the wifi dropped. Rebooted computer and the wifi was still not working. Then a couple minutes later it picked right back up. Then dropped again, which led me to hit the web searching for answers via my 2013 MBA running 10.10.2 whos wifi has been just fine.
Things that may help those helping me:
- We have a old century link router - it sucks, but should not be the prob. We have 3 newer MBAs that are using it all on 10.10.2 with no probs. Along wit misc other devices.
-To add a new variable I used my LG G3 as a wifi hot spot running 4g LTE. The problems were consistent between the two.
- I hard reset the computer
-I reset the keychain
-I followed various advice that I found when searching the problem on the web which included the above along with resetting the DHCS? subscription (not the right word), along with a few other things.
- It tried to do a fresh install, but with no wifi and no ability to hard wire in, I could not.
-Everytime the bars went gray, the computer would still "see" my G3 and the house router, but when you clicked on one of them it would come up with a message saying it could not connect.
So I gave up, went to sleep, woke up and turned it on. Wifi worked. Then it was VERY slow. The wifi bars were black, but loading a page was impossible. I loaded the same page on my mba with no prob using the same wifi.
I did a quick search online again and this time found on apples own site that wifi 3.0 can cause wifi problems?? Well, I have a Sibernet 3.0 4 port plugged into the back so I unplugged it, closed the internet reopened and went to the same website and youtube, both loaded just fine. Was that the prob??? Who knows....sigh I had to go to work so that's where I left it.
Any other ideas? This is extremely frustrating.
Thank you
