If an issue is detected, the Wi-Fi status menu in the menu bar shows a new item: Wi-Fi Recommendations.

Wireless Diagnostics asks for optional information about your base station or other router, so that it can include that in the report it saves to your Mac.

Wi-Fi best practices are tips that apply to most Wi-Fi networks.

Follow the steps to analyze your wireless environment, but choose Monitor my Wi-Fi connection when prompted.

Monitoring continues as long as this window is open and youre on the same Wi-Fi network, even when your Mac is asleep.

You can then resume monitoring or continue to the summary for details and recommendations.

You can create the same report at any time: press and hold the Option key, then choose Create Diagnostics Report from the Wi-Fi status menu.

To open the folder manually, choose Go Go to Folder from the Finder menu bar, then enter vartmp.

It contains many files that describe your wireless environment in detail.

Open them from the Window menu in the Wireless Diagnostics menu bar.

The result is saved to a.log file in the diagnostics report location on your Mac.

Logging continues even when you quit the app or restart your Mac, so remember to disable logging when youre done.

When the quality is too low, your device disconnects from the Wi-Fi router.

Factors that affect quality include the distance between your device and the router, and objects such as walls that impede the signal from your router.

You want RSSI to be high and noise to be low, so the bigger the gap between RSSI and noise, the better.

Select a channel and width, then click Start to begin capturing traffic on that channel.

For AirPort Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme, or AirPort Express Base Station, check for the latest firmware using AirPort Utility.

If youre using a dual-band Wi-Fi router, make sure that both bands use the same network name.

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