When this is over how do I turn AWDL back on?Ĭurrently, we do not have an ETA from Apple on when this issue will be resolved on their end. The more Apple devices you have on a network, the worse this issue gets. Unlike at home, in a commercial (office, warehouse, lab) environment there are many more demands placed on a Mac device’s WiFi radio as it is getting many more passive connection requests from other devices using the AWDL protocol. We are currently testing performance with Apple's Ventura beta launch and will report back as soon as we have any information about a more permanent fix. This is an interim solution recommended by Apple until they release a fix. Folks we’ve advised to turn off awdl0 interface have seen immediate and dramatic improvements in performance. We strongly recommend you move ahead to turn off AWDL on your devices. The timing of these emergent issues seem to correlate closely with recent MacOS and iOS security updates on October 24th and November 9th. This functionality is causing severe WiFi issues on M1/M2 Macbook Pros. This will create latency spikes and for some applications, this latency is unacceptable. For Bonjour discovery specifically, this comes to an effective packet spooling time of about 50-100ms, once per second (active transfers will be higher). However, whenever AWDL is active (Bonjour discovery and any Airdrop, Airplay, and GameKit links and transfers), it will lock the WiFi radio for small intervals. macOS Yosemite and above utilizes AWDL to handle data transfers to other AWDL-enabled devices (Macs, Macbooks, iPhones, etc.) over the WiFi Radio, without the need for a common underlying Access Point.
AWDL (Apple Wireless Direct Link) is a low latency/high speed WiFi for peer-to-peer connection.
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