#Wireless iap bluetooth pan windows 10 mac#
* Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) is used for close-quarters connections between a Bluetooth compatible device, like an iPhone, Android, or iPad, and a computer, like a Mac or Windows PC. Sudo networksetup -removenetworkservice "Bluetooth PAN" Note that command line users can also enter the following string into the terminal to achieve the same effect:
I say apparent because I’m not adequately able to test this one, simply because my Mac with Yosemite has a generally stable connection to the internet. When this works, the effect is apparently instantaneous. Hit the Delete key or the minus button to remove the Bluetooth PAN interfaceĪpparently you don’t even need to reboot the Mac, but doing so certainly wouldn’t hurt anything.Select “Bluetooth PAN” from the list of network interfaces on the left side menu.Go to the Apple menu and choose System Preferences.
This is a simple (and easily reversed) procedure, so thus it may be worth a try. Why this works in some situations is not entirely clear, perhaps it just directly removes the source of a Bluetooth / Wi-Fi conflict, but for those who have struggled with the OS X wi-fi problems that seem to be alleviated by disabling Bluetooth, this offers an alternate solution that does not involve removing Bluetooth capability (though you won’t be able to use Bluetooth PAN, more on that in a moment*).