Timeline for WiFi keeps dropping requiring restart (confirmed non-hardware issue)
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 8:04 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 10, 2019 at 8:01 | comment | added | Atul Yadav | @Matt were you able to solve the issue? I'm facing similar problems with Macbook pro 2015 | |
| Jan 27, 2016 at 5:47 | vote | accept | Matt | ||
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| Jul 17, 2015 at 14:33 | comment | added | Matt | Hi @Buscar웃SD, so I was waiting for Yosemite 10.10.4 which abandoned discoveryd and fixed other connectivity issues but I still have major issues. It is beyond a joke now and is seriously affecting my work as a freelancer. Is there anything else you can think of that I could try? Genius Bar at Apple did a hardware test but said it's 'definitely not hardware'. Could they be wrong? I heard an SMC reset can help the 'No hardware detected' issue but some of the keys I need are not functioning! | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 15:39 | history | edited | Ruskes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 8, 2015 at 11:22 | comment | added | Matt | I have been connected for hours while using Chrome which never happened before. Perhaps the DNS change did the trick. I will confirm after a little longer. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 8:36 | comment | added | Matt | Ok, I updated the hardware settings for WiFi and ethernet to manually configure and changed the MTU to 1453. Now the DNS sticks to Google. | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 7:59 | comment | added | Matt | Since I updated the WiFi DNS to 8.8.8.8 I am getting connection drops much more frequently. It seems also that the WiFi DNS is changing automatically back to 192.168.1.1. Furthermore, twice now, when I have tried to make WiFi service inactive and remove it, my Mac freezes and shuts down when clicking 'Apply'. I have recorded another log and as you can see there are still DNS errors even with the 8.8.8.8 IP. You can take a look here: gist.github.com/anonymous/661a4db756a3a3195245 | |
| Jun 8, 2015 at 7:22 | comment | added | Matt | Indeed, @Buscar웃SD. It seems I changed the DNS for ethernet and not WiFi so now both have DNS set to 8.8.8.8. Now I've updated the DNS on WiFi I will try to log another drop. I would have voted you up a while ago but apparently I do not have enough reputation so I will work on that! If you could fix my problem I'd be happy to reward you financially, too. | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 22:10 | comment | added | Ruskes | well...progress at least :) yes the 192.168.1.1 was used as DNS server and did not work so well. If you liked my work so far feel free to vote it up. | |
| Jun 7, 2015 at 21:33 | comment | added | Matt | Thanks again, @Buscar웃SD. I have been monitoring the WiFi for two days now and it hasn't dropped permanently like it was doing before. It does drop once or twice a day but after a short while it comes alive automatically. The only difference is that I no longer use Chrome. Also, Dropbox had just finished transferrlng a large volume of files. Now that Dropbox has finished I will keep Chrome open now to test if the WiFi drops. I did remove 192.168.1.1 and it is still removed. I believe that is the IP of our router. | |
| Jun 6, 2015 at 18:22 | history | edited | Ruskes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 6, 2015 at 7:03 | history | edited | Ruskes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 6, 2015 at 6:17 | comment | added | Ruskes | Sorry it took a while. Do me a favor and kill the Google Chrome HE and publish new Console log. To do that open the Activity monitor in the Console find the Google Chrome Helper (He) and kill it (don't worry it will be automatically reinstated as soon you start the Chrome browser):. Please do not start Google Chrome for the time been. I just want to see your log file without Chrome errors. In this log you are still showing DNSNameServer 192.168.1.1, I thought we removed that one from the list in your DNS settings and only have the 8.8.8.8. | |
| Jun 5, 2015 at 8:32 | comment | added | Matt | Thank you, @Buscar웃SD. I am very interested to know your verdict, especially regarding the networking issues. This WiFi problem is causing me big problems with my work. | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 19:33 | comment | added | Ruskes | Very nice report, give me some time to study it. There are a lot of networking issues going on, but right now not clear to me why. | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 19:05 | comment | added | Matt | Ok, @Buscar웃SD here's another console log. Hopefully it's a little more meaty than the last one! I very much appreciate your time with this. Link to Console Log on GistHub | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 16:22 | comment | added | Ruskes | Well, that console log was to short and actually did not show nothing about WiFi. So please take another look at the console log and look kernel[0]: wlEvent: en0 en0 Link DOWN virtIf = 0 and copy the lines before and after that, some 30 lines before and 30 after. | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 15:35 | comment | added | Matt | Ok, unfortunately it seems your suggestions haven't resolved the dropping WiFi. They were great suggestions though. If you have any further suggestions I'd be happy to try them! | |
| Jun 4, 2015 at 14:54 | comment | added | Matt | Thanks so much. I followed all of your instructions. I had a different DNS in there called 'home', a bunch of blocked websites in the hosts file, and I restored the standard fonts. Would any of these be potentially to blame for the dropping WiFi? | |
| Jun 3, 2015 at 0:17 | history | edited | Ruskes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 3, 2015 at 0:07 | history | answered | Ruskes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |