Q: iPad Air WiFi (5GHz) issues after iOS 8 upgrade

FInally, this long running issue has been solved for me with the iOS8.1 update!!

I reset my BT Homehub 5 back to it's default settings rather than running with two separate bands and my iPad Air has been performing perfectly for the past hour.

Trevor, without wanting to to tempt fate, I think it has worked for me as well with the BT home hub. I've been using streaming services for the last couple of hours such as Amazon and Netflix and it's not cutting out consistently.

we shall see.

A considerable improvement over 8.0.3, but alas, 8.1 doesn't appear to be a full fix.  I've tried  continuos HD streaming using 802.11a/n 5GHz; after some time, the network connection still hangs.  Reverting to 802.11b/gn on 2.4 GHz resolves the network connection.

One full reset later, I'm still monitoring.

So far I've reset once. Works mostly.

ipad air with iOS 8.1 onboard, airport extreme 2013 with 802.11 ac support. Connecting through 5hz dedicated networ wi fi connection hangs after time. I've reseted network settings twice with no luck.

So far so good on my iPad.

Seems not solved to me.

Using iPhone5s ios8.1 and Can't connect to 5Ghz network.

using asus ac87u.

Working with workaround by disabling wifi from privacy setting for both ipad mini retina / iphone5s.

I have same issue - iPad Air, iOS 8.0.2 will connect to 5.0GHz ac WiFi, but no network traffic. Using 2.4GHz works better.

The update to 8.1 didn't fix the issue at all... Still connects and no network traffic....

Would full reset help in this situation?

Seems to work for me with 8.1. Had to reset network settings after updating.

yosh8585,

Nice it works for you.

Did you reset the network settings on the iPad or the router?

ipad

Weird. I did try first "forgot" network and re-added it again and it did not work

Now did Renew Lease and looks like it is working (at least for now anyway...) Hope the fix is permanent....

Thank you, yosh8585.

The 8.1 update seems to have fixed it for my iPad Air. Since yesterday it's running rock-solid and fast at 5 GHz. On 8.0.2 it would have dropped out multiple times since then. Still too early to consider it fixed but so far so good.

In the release notes they stated they fixed WiFi connection for some basestations. Maybe I'm lucky and my router is among those fixed (TC7200).

The first iPad Air isn't ac capable.

After over a month of these issues being reported, is there no real fix for the intermittent wifi connectivity on 5 ghz networks? I see the work around to change the signal, but would rather it work across all bandwidths.  There are many times that you cannot change router broadcast settings.

Thanks for your help.