WIFI on my 2011 MacBook Pro all the sudden works again!!!
Hmmmm- Im wondering here! has mac finaly solved the WIFI problems that my macbook PRO form 2011 was born with??
From Day one when I got the macbook the wifi has been extreamly slow and most not working at all!! kicking me off networks and so on!
I have tried everything to fix this proble but gave up a month ago! but then today I downloaded a uptate! I didnt let me know what it was I donloaded from
the official apple update site! but eversince my WIFI has worked PERFECT! super speed super connection! everything has been superb!!
So how the sudden change?
Has apple worked out the problem? or am i gonna have to fear I will have the same problems in a few hours?
Im hoping that apple has fixed it and the just didnt tell people that they did because they have been so silent about this issue! and not admitting there was a problem!
Well if any one out there had the same probem and after downloading todays update it works again let me know please:)
I have had no WiFi issues with my 2011 MBP so I don't know what you are referring to. It has worked from the start.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2186
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19444837#19444837
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18085179#18085179
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4636
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Hey there, boys and girls!
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I have read **** near every stinking article on the internet about this problem, and tried every solution that I have seen.
Here is the info I have:
*When the problem occurs, opening activity monitor and choosing "Network" shows a graph that maxes out at 6kb/s, sometimes less. There are characteristic spikes of activity, which are usually between 0 and 2 kb/s. It happens COMPLETELY at random, and for utterly variant spans of time. Sometimes it happens 8 times a day, for hours each time; other times, I get it once a day for about 15 minutes. There is no rhyme or reason to it.
*It happens most frequently on my home network. I am using a Netgear Wireless N router (a new one, at that) which I have configured to serve as wireless router and DHCP server for my Verizon router (on which I have disabled wireless and left essentially as a modem). However, the problem has also occurred outside of my home network.
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As of August 2011, I am the proud owner of a brand new 13 inch Macbook Pro! Being a tech geek, I have always wanted the opportunity to play with OS X, and I was pretty thrilled by my purchase. However, mere weeks after getting my shiny new computer, the wifi issues started. For no reason at all, it would seem as if my connection was dropped entirely, but checking activity monitor showed that the signal had simply capped off at about 6 kb/s. This issue has continued to randomly strike when I am trying to do something online, and almost always when it is something important. These issues have continued throughout the Fall of this year, and school has kept me too busy to actually get hardcore on this problem. The time has come.
I have read **** near every stinking article on the internet about this problem, and tried every solution that I have seen.
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*Reset PRAM
*Keep a terminal window running that just pings a remote server endlessly. This basically cuts off as well when the problem shows up.
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*Change the network location to a custom one
*Set a static IP
*Renew DHCP lease after location reset
I'm basically at my wit's end here. I am technically savvy enough to try basically any solution, but I seem to have run out of options. Does anyone have any solutions I haven't tried? The only other potentially relevant thing I can think of is that I did clone my original 320GB HDD over to a 500GB HDD near the start, but that shouldn't have anything to do with this... right?
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