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Why does my MacBook Pro have long ping times over Wi-Fi?

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Mar 15, 20263362 views
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I have been having problems connecting with my Wi-Fi. It is weird, the ping times to the router (<30 feet away) seem to surge, often getting over 10 seconds before slowly coming back down. You can see the trend below. I'm on a MacBook Pro and have done the normal stuff (reset the PRAM and SMC, chan…

Error Output

PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=781.107 ms  
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 t…

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In earlier Mac laptops it was easy to get at the wifi card (just under the easily-opened keyboard), I don't know whether this is still true. If it is, I'd recommend unplugging and replugging the connector to that card. In years past, others had prob…

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