I’ve a 2020 M1 Mac Mini which connects to the web through wifi solely. My wifi router is an Arris BGW210-700 provided by my ISP, AT&T. Earlier than I left for a vacation trip, wifi labored flawlessly throughout my home for my numerous gadgets. These embrace:
- 2020 M1 Mac Mini
- iPhone SE (2nd version)
- A Dell Latitude Laptop computer working Home windows 10
- My Canon printer
After I returned from my trip, all the things continues to work nice EXCEPT for my Mac Mini. The mac began to constantly drop its wifi connection. Dropouts usually occurred someplace between as soon as each 10 seconds to as soon as each 60 seconds. After every dropout, the mac spends about 2 seconds reconnecting, after which the connection works flawlessly till the subsequent dropout. For instance, if I’m watching a YouTube video, the video will all of the sudden pause to buffer, the wifi icon will flip gray, after which a pair seconds later the wifi icon will flip black once more and the video will resume. I wish to emphasize that every one the opposite gadgets on my community expertise no dropouts.
I discovered that by going into my router’s configuration device (House Community > Wi-Fi > Superior Choices), I may change the channel of the 5 GHz community from “Automated” to any choice I favored. I randomly selected 157, and this fastened my drawback. Switching again to “Automated” causes the issue to reemerge each time.
What’s inflicting this unusual habits, and does it matter? Ought to I simply depart the 5 GHz channel set to 157 eternally, or ought to I be on the lookout for a greater resolution?
- I’ve tried staple items like restarting my mac, forgetting and re-adding the community, and resetting NVRAM/SMC
- I dwell in a suburban neighborhood with plenty of house between homes. There are a number of different networks that present up within the WiFi menu, however by and enormous they appear to have very low sign. So, it would not seem to be I am in a horrible interference state of affairs.
- My microwave shouldn’t be working throughout any of this, and so far as I do know there are not any new gadgets typically in my home that might be inflicting interference. Certainly, I used my Mac Mini proper earlier than I left, then put it to sleep. Two weeks later, I arrived from the airport, woke it up from sleep, and instantly observed the issue. (No one has been in my home since then)