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fletchrich

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Jan 6, 2018
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Devon
Hi
After being pestered to update Sierra on my 27in iMac, and reading some articles as to why this might be a good idea, I finally gave in and upgraded to High Sierra. I immediately noticed that the internet connection seemed to be slower (I connect via a home powerlink system to the Ethernet port) I didn’t think too much about it, however a couple of days later I have discovered that my Mac will connect when booted up and maintain a good connection for approximately 30 secs or so so then I am unable to access the network at all. The network is showing as still being connected to both Ethernet and wireless but will not load a webpage or the App Store portal, to say I am mightily p****d off would be an understatement. I have since discovered that this seems to be a common issue with upgrading to High Sierra, if so why for gods sake are Apple pushing this upgrade onto us poor mac users? I am now left with an expensive piece of metal on my desk which is practically useless!

Has anybody managed to overcome this issue with connectivity? If so I would be grateful for a heads-up?
Thanks.
 
Update: the issue of no connection only happens after I open a browser or App Store, the connection seems fine up to that point, as before it lasts 30secs or so before it disappears?
 
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