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Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

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Re: Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

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eridius wrote: post #40
engi_nerd wrote: post #20

I eagerly await a true fix to 10.10's issues with dropping wifi connections. Both Macbooks in my house running 10.10 drop the wifi connection at least 5x/day, often more. My other devices do not experience these drops, and these same machines were just fine on 10.9. My opinion of Apple's software quality has decreased over the past few months.

Any chance those two MacBooks are connected to a different wifi basestation than your other devices? I have an issue right now where the base station in my living room regularly drops connections (to any devices) but all the other base stations work just fine.

A bit late in seeing this -- but no, I only operate one base station (Netgear AC1900).

Re: Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

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xtreme wrote: post #47
engi_nerd wrote: post #20

I eagerly await a true fix to 10.10's issues with dropping wifi connections. Both Macbooks in my house running 10.10 drop the wifi connection at least 5x/day, often more. My other devices do not experience these drops, and these same machines were just fine on 10.9. My opinion of Apple's software quality has decreased over the past few months.

I believe it has something to do with automatic selection of the 2.4 GHz or the 5 GHz band. Unfortunately, Apple does not provide any API to control which band is selected.

My router runs the 5G band via a separate SSID -- you must explicitly choose to connect to it. That's a standard approach for Netgear routers.

Re: Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

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Post by engi_nerd »

intopieces wrote: post #25
engi_nerd wrote: post #20

I eagerly await a true fix to 10.10's issues with dropping wifi connections. Both Macbooks in my house running 10.10 drop the wifi connection at least 5x/day, often more. My other devices do not experience these drops, and these same machines were just fine on 10.9. My opinion of Apple's software quality has decreased over the past few months.

Which Macbooks do you have? This hasn't happened to me, but I'd like to know if it might.

I have an early 2011 17" Macbook Pro (8,3). My wife has an early 2009 13" Macbook Pro.

Re: Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

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Post by eridius »

engi_nerd wrote: post #61
eridius wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any chance those two MacBooks are connected to a different wifi basestation than your other devices? I have an issue right now where the base station in my living room regularly drops connections (to any devices) but all the other base stations work just fine.

A bit late in seeing this -- but no, I only operate one base station (Netgear AC1900).

And you're running the latest version of OS X 10.10, right? I thought the MBP wifi issues were supposed to be resolved by one of the updates.

Re: Why DNS in OS X 10.10 is broken, and what you can do to fix it

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Post by engi_nerd »

eridius wrote: post #64
engi_nerd wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A bit late in seeing this -- but no, I only operate one base station (Netgear AC1900).

And you're running the latest version of OS X 10.10, right? I thought the MBP wifi issues were supposed to be resolved by one of the updates.

Oh I updated the day it was available. The issue was not resolved. It seems to have gotten worse.
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