Wifi dropping on certain wifi networks and only on Macbook Airs.
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Wifi is dropping on two Macbook Airs on certain networks but not on others while all other devices are fine. How to fix? All of the Macbook Airs in my household (one is OS X 10.9.5 and one is OSX 10.10.3) are having the same problem - they are constantly dropping the wifi connection when on the home wifi (and one other house wifi as well). This is happening to both Macbook Airs. iPhone and iPads are working just fine on these home wifi networks. Wifi is fine on these same laptops when on work office wifi, coffee shop wifi, airport wifi etc. Any idea of how to fix this? I'm not that computer literate, but any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks.
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Answer:
This could be a raft of things. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6411. Start by looking at the things that are/could be different at your house from networks elsewhere. For example, the encryption settings. Also, look at System Preferences/Networks/Advanced, and set the order of preference for your networks. The MacBooks may be dropping your home network in order to join a more preferred network which they can't connect to.
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No idea why, but this works when my mac gets finicky about our home wifi: In the Wi-Fi menu, right click (or control click) on the network in question and select "Forget network" then go back and join the network again like it's the first time. It takes about a minute and won't hurt.
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What wireless router are you using, and where is it located, in relation to the dropping Airs.
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