One-month old Mac mini. In same room with ASUS RT-AC86U. The Mac's own scanner shows the 2.4G signal at -30 dBm RSSI. In dozens of tries it has connected once. There's also another 2.4G SSID from a TP-link repeater in my garage that receives from the router and generates its own signal; it has a weaker signal, and the mini can't connect to that, either. Meanwhile, two iOS devices can connect consistently to both of the 2.4G networks. The Mac can connect consistently to the router's 5G network. I've done everything Apple support has suggested short of wiping the Mac's SSD.
I don't know whether this is a new problem in the Mac's one-month life, because it's been connected to ethernet during that time. I discovered the issue yesterday while attempting to use Wi-Fi to reconfigure the TP-Link repeater.
Is there any way this 2.4G connection issue could be an issue with some software on the Mac rather than its hardware?
I don't know whether this is a new problem in the Mac's one-month life, because it's been connected to ethernet during that time. I discovered the issue yesterday while attempting to use Wi-Fi to reconfigure the TP-Link repeater.
Is there any way this 2.4G connection issue could be an issue with some software on the Mac rather than its hardware?