Deco Mesh M9 plus and Macbook Pro wifi connected but not internet / website access

Deco Mesh M9 plus and Macbook Pro wifi connected but not internet / website access

Deco Mesh M9 plus and Macbook Pro wifi connected but not internet / website access
Deco Mesh M9 plus and Macbook Pro wifi connected but not internet / website access
2024-08-11 12:20:52 - last edited 2024-08-12 01:18:45
Model: Deco M9 Plus  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.6.3

Spent ages trying to work out why my Macbook Pro (2020) on Ventura OS was connecting to my Deco mesh wifi but had no internet access / all websites were timing out, when all other devices were working ok.

On my Macbook, I went into System Settings > Wi-fi, clicked on Details, then TCP/IP, and I changed the Configure IPv6 setting from "Automatically" to "Link-Local Only", and that made everything work again instantly.

Not looked into why this worked, I can guess but, just posting my fix here for others to try.

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Re:Deco Mesh M9 plus and Macbook Pro wifi connected but not internet / website access
2024-08-12 08:47:09

  @eebee 

Hi, Thank you very much for the feedback.

It is very helpful!

Initially, I thought it was just one-time feedback. Out of curiosity, I googled the keywords and found a similar post:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253250240

It seems this suggestion is widely recommended to fix the unstable connection on MacBook Pro.

I notice one user mentioned here that:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253250240?answerId=256253618022

In the Deco Mesh system, there is usually more than one Mesh AP. Maybe the MacBook is struggling to find a suitable Mesh AP.

Thanks again and best regards.

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