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29 points

Wifi Problem- please look here

In an effort to help narrow down these problems I ask that you kindly fill out these questions even if you do not have Wifi problems

Brand of Router:
Does it transmit a Wireless G or N signal or both?
Does your iPod Touch/iPhone/Macbook/PC etc connect fine to your router?
Do you have a password on your Wifi connection?
If so, what type of encryption do you use? (WPA/WEP etc)
If you disable the password does it fix the issue?
If so, do you still lose the wifi (in the top left) but then it reconnects?

Thank you all, I am hoping strongly this is a software issue and not a hardware one!

Windows 7

Posted on Apr 4, 2010 1:30 PM

93 replies

May 7, 2010 2:59 AM in response to Ipad_owner

need to do 2 things:

1) change router setting to wpa2.
2) config the Rouget so that ip address either do not expire, or as long as possible.

that did it for me.

why I did this.

I found iPad dhcp renew does not work at all after the initial connection.
I found iPad keeps using expired ip address, causing my router security to think iPad is trying to spoof attack. the Mac address is then black listed.

setting ip address expiration time to basically forever works around the problems.

Now I can use it at home with no problems. but I hope apple fixes the dhcp renew bug, so I can use it at star bucks, and on the road.

transco

Level 1

22 points

May 7, 2010 10:05 AM in response to Ipad_owner

I gave up on DHCP and went to a static IP, which did help. I also set my Airport Extreme to use a fixed channel, as opposed to auto channel select. For some reason, it kept selecting Channel #1. After a bit of experimenting I discovered Channel #11 gave me the best results with the iPad. As per Apple's Tech note, I also turned off 'auto-brightness' and set it to 50%. This also seemed to help. After all this, I still think the iPad's WiFi is no where near as good as my iPhone, iTouch, or Mac Book. I can get twice the working distance with these, compared to the iPad.

As a side note... do you know how to read the RSSI with the iPad? I'd like to see where exactly, signal wise, it is loosing the connection. The iPhone can drop to and RSSI of -80 and still maintain a transfer rate of 24Mb/s. I'd like to see how the iPad compares.

dmrdsm

Level 1

10 points

Jun 10, 2012 3:34 PM in response to bkolvek

Mine worked since launch, but 10 days ago, started having wi-fi problems. I'm a 64 bit, wi-fi only. What a waste of money. My two 2tvs, 2 phones, desktop and laptop aren't having problems, but this $700 piece an apple is, is a crapple. My first ipad, my first Apple product. Pretty sad deal. Was going to switch to the new iPhone when it comes out, but after this experience, I've concluded that Apple and their products, aren't perfect and I'm not sure of what all of the hype is about. This thread is two years old and the ipad is still having wi-fi problems. Seriously? If their reaction time is that slow, it's pretty sad.

Three trips to the Apple Story, a new replacment ipad, although I think it's probably refurbished, and still no luck. The GB people were nice and friendly, but apparently they don't read the boards here to know tons of people are having this problem because none of the things they have suggested have worked.

Not fun.

Wifi Problem- please look here