MP 7,1 New Mac Pro very slow WiFi speeds

[SurfNorway]

Just got a new MP, amazing machine, very quick, quiet, capable.

Downloading files via the same Wifi router as my 2013 MBP takes 4-6x longer, mounting folders between the two machines takes a very long time and file transfer from one to the other is disturbingly slow.

I used to have a 5,1 MP that also had similar issues, but it was with Bluetooth and found to be due to the case material and coating.

Has anyone experienced anything similar, and more importantly how did you address it?

 

[choreo]

Have not had any issues downloading files on mine. I have AT&T UVerse router.

Only time I transfer files between my MacBook Pro or an iOS device is using AirDrop which is usually pretty fast.

 

[Maxim Glukhov]

Didn’t have any issues with mine, wifi speeds look pretty good.
I’ve seen download speeds over 10 MB/s and upload over 2 MB/s if I remember correctly.

if you have more than one computer next to it, perhaps you can try to move one of them. I used to have 2 laptops in one stand which were connected to the same Wifi and has issues, separating them helped.
If that’s not the case you can try to place your machine in a different place.

 

[doobydoooby]

No problems at all. I get slightly worse wifi speeds than ethernet speeds because I'm physically far from the router, but even far away I get 350Mbps (43 MB/s) download and 100 Mbps (12 MB/s) upload on wifi . With ethernet I'm getting 500 download which I think is the limit of my 5e cat cable. Transfers between mac and NAS in the house are super fast.

I do see a huge difference between a 2.4GHz wifi connection and 5GHz though: the 5GHz connection is about 4x faster. So if you are really struggling then there must be a conflict somewhere, is there anything attached to your network which is old and might be causing the whole thing to slow down? An ancient ethernet switch lurking in the basement? Or maybe try changing wifi channel...

 

[Prorege1]

Just got a new MP, amazing machine, very quick, quiet, capable.

Downloading files via the same Wifi router as my 2013 MBP takes 4-6x longer, mounting folders between the two machines takes a very long time and file transfer from one to the other is disturbingly slow.

I used to have a 5,1 MP that also had similar issues, but it was with Bluetooth and found to be due to the case material and coating.

Has anyone experienced anything similar, and more importantly how did you address it?

Hi,

What router do you use and is it a M1 MBP? If you can adjust the router setting then ensure the 5 GHz is set to VHT80.
On my new base M1 MBP the Wifi including Wifi 6 is working very well.

 

[yurc]

Hi,

What router do you use and is it a M1 MBP? If you can adjust the router setting then ensure the 5 GHz is set to VHT80.
On my new base M1 MBP the Wifi including Wifi 6 is working very well.

I think you have been mistaken, the MP which OP refer is Mac Pro (2019 tower), not MacBook Pro.

But your suggestion is not wrong. In other days I had very slow transfer files between two Mac Pros wirelessly (local), after I check (alt+click) wifi icon on upper right, I found one of Mac Pro is connected under 2.4 GHz.

The culprit was found on router. I am using Asus AX router and disable "Smart Connect" which is the main culprit. That feature should be disable completely so 5GHz capable device won't connect anymore to evil 2.4GHz.

 

[s66]

There are a lot of things with WiFi that can go wrong.
Easiest is to check like previously mentioned that you are using the same network when you have a 5GHz capable one.

Next is harder: positioning, interference, etc.

Might be easiest to try to turn off the MP and put the MBP in clamshell mode on top of the MP just behind the front handle. that way you put the antenna of the MBP close to the MP's antenna. Try to see if the MBP still has it's throughput ... if not: it's positioning that 's your problem, nothing to do with the MP as such.

In my experience MP7,1s have more than good enough WiFi implementations. But wired ethernet is going to be faster and more reliable in most cases (why most cases: it sports 10Gbps ethernet interfaces and if it and your switch pushes too far onto subpar wiring it can get tricky - but as long as you have no 10Gbps switch that's a non-issue in most buildings).