The Wi-Fi problems on my MacBook Air with OS X Mavericks came back a few days ago. Out of the blue, the Wi-Fi started dropping 2-3 times a day. The only way to go back online is either to turn-off/on the Wi-Fi on the MacBook Air or renew the DHCP lease.

Not only does that mean that my previous post to solve the problem does not represent a definitive solution, but also that I need to find a new one.

Last night I came across this post by Alessio Signorini that suggests a new approach to the problem by recreating a new Wi-Fi interface while in :

1. Restart the laptop in Safe Mode, keeping the shift key down while pressing the power button
2. Open “Network Preferences”
3. Click “Apply” to confirm the existence of the new Thunderbolt Bridge. Then disable it, if you don’t use it.
4. Delete the Wi-fi interface, apply the changes
5. Create a new Wi-fi Interface
6. Reboot

This morning I followed the steps and like I did last time I will now monitor the situation.

If this should not work, I think I’ll resort to reinstalling Mavericks from scratch, not something I look forward to.