Mac Studio wifi - any way to improve it?

[Bluecube]

The wifi on the Mac Studio is crap to put it mildly what with the location of the aerials. Is there any way at all to improve it?

 

[ChrisD.]

Yeah, use a cable.

 

[Bluecube]

Nope. I'm not messing around drilling holes or whatever no matter how much you want me to.

 

[visibleman]

The wifi on the Mac Studio is crap to put it mildly what with the location of the aerials. Is there any way at all to improve it?

I don't believe there's any 'mods' you can do to the Studio to make it better, so your only real options are to move closer to the router/AP (or visa versa), WiFi repeater, use an external WiFi adaptor, add an AP nearer to the Studio or Powerline adaptors.

 

[Bluecube]

Macs can use external WiFi adapters? Didn’t think any had the necessary drivers. I’m off to investigate…

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Macs can use external WiFi adapters? Didn’t think any had the necessary drivers. I’m off to investigate…

use a cable.

 

[ChrisD.]

Nope. I'm not messing around drilling holes or whatever no matter how much you want me to.

It's far easier than what you might think.

 

[Bluecube]

I’m sure it is but I really don’t want to drill holes anywhere. I found a temporary solution in upping the transmit power of the router. A quick Speedtest and observing the connection over 24 hours shows it’s far more stable than previously. Still not fast but good enough for my use case

 

[HACO]

I’m sure it is but I really don’t want to drill holes anywhere. I found a temporary solution in upping the transmit power of the router. A quick Speedtest and observing the connection over 24 hours shows it’s far more stable than previously. Still not fast but good enough for my use case

A lot of the times you don't need to drill holes. You can either work with the holes you already have or use flat cables and pass the tables around the corners and hide them well. Powerline adapters are also worth a look.

 

[Bluecube]

I tried Mikrotik Pwrline Pro adapters and they were disappointing especially given their reputation.

My Mac is upstairs while the router is downstairs. Not far but awkward enough to make it not straightforward

 

[Cromulent]

I’m sure it is but I really don’t want to drill holes anywhere. I found a temporary solution in upping the transmit power of the router. A quick Speedtest and observing the connection over 24 hours shows it’s far more stable than previously. Still not fast but good enough for my use case

Use powerline ethernet.

Power-line communication - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Edit: Ah, just seen your previous post. Ignore.

 

[MrRockliffe]

You could use a Mesh WiFi system with a dedicated 5 GHz backhaul, then plug the mac into the 2nd AP.

 

[dav3evans]

You could use a Mesh WiFi system with a dedicated 5 GHz backhaul, then plug the mac into the 2nd AP.

I did something along these lines with the Deco X60s as my Wife's PC kept having problems with wifi stability. Rock solid for me so far. Do recommend!