iPad not auto-connecting to Wifi!

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iPad not auto-connecting to Wifi!

This is starting to bug me! If I wake my iPad from sleep, it doesn't automatically connect to my first-gen dual-band Time Capsule anymore. I have to keep going into Settings, and then touching my protected network which is showing there, and then it connects. So obviously it remembers the network and WPA2 password, but it's not auto-connecting. It's really annoying!

Anyone else experiencing this? I've reset network settings, and even reset the whole device a couple of times, and it still misbehaves.

*EDIT*

It's doing it on 2 iPads. I suspect there's some wifi glitches with these devices. Shame, really. 😟

Message was edited by: WGrose

iMac i7, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 4, 2010 10:18 PM

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Mac-Medic

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Apr 4, 2010 11:24 PM in response to WGrose

First of all, I would try them both on another wi-fi network to eliminate an issue with yours.

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WGrose Author

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Apr 4, 2010 11:34 PM in response to Mac-Medic

I have indeed done this, connecting to an unsecured network in my apartment block. Same issue. I hope Apple fixes this soon!

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Apr 4, 2010 11:43 PM in response to WGrose

I'm having the same issue. It is intermittent. Reconnects sometime, sometimes not.

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WGrose Author

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Apr 4, 2010 11:51 PM in response to Greg Beil

The more people that report this, the more chance it has of getting fixed. My i7 iMac and 3GS have no trouble connecting to the Time Capsule.

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dchao99

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Apr 4, 2010 11:54 PM in response to WGrose

What about standing right next to the TC, holding the iPad with the large Apple logo facing the TC?

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JVega

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Apr 4, 2010 11:59 PM in response to WGrose

I have also been experiencing this issue. WiFi just drops and sometimes doesn't reconnect. You have to go into settings and either turn WiFi off and then back on, or join the network again.

Rather annoying. I hope this is a software issue and not hardware.

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WGrose Author

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Apr 5, 2010 12:02 AM in response to JVega

I'd like to clarify. I don't drop connections while using the iPad. I lose the connection while the iPad is asleep and then i have to pick the network from the wifi menu again, each time i wake the system, even after just 30 seconds of putting the ipad to sleep.

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WGrose Author

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Apr 5, 2010 12:13 AM in response to WGrose

Right. Well I've played with it some more and have found that turning off the ipad fully and turning it back on, it connects instantly to my networking. But if i put it to sleep and wake it up 30 seconds later, it doesn't auto-connect to the wifi anymore.

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Apr 5, 2010 12:35 AM in response to WGrose

Same here.

WiFi connection drops all of a sudden, shutting down and powering up again sometimes solves it sometimes it doesn't. It asks a 1000 times for my WEP password where it should have remembered it.
Doesn't matter where I am close to the router or not. I do not have the same problem with my iPhone it connects and the WiFi is constant.
I checked the modem for new firmware but there wasn't any. Don't know what else to do.

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Br3nt0n

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Apr 5, 2010 1:43 AM in response to Tinkbelle

In regards to the Wi-Fi connection issue, have you seen the article at http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3304 in which Apple detail how to fix the problem?

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WGrose Author

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Apr 5, 2010 5:58 AM in response to Br3nt0n

Yes. Doesn't help me. I'm not using a third party router, and both networks are set up with th same passwords and different SSIDs. In fact, I didn't think it was possible to have the same SSID. Still no joy. 😟

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Sohnhoo

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Apr 5, 2010 6:38 AM in response to WGrose

I have the same issue too.
Apple must address this problem as soon as possible.

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WGrose Author

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Apr 5, 2010 12:26 PM in response to Sohnhoo

Spoke to Applecare support today, and they said they'd had quite a few wifi-related calls, and they were "aware of the situation." So hopefully this will get resolved ASAP.

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Apr 5, 2010 2:57 PM in response to WGrose

What FW version do you have on your Time capsule?

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lawnman

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Apr 5, 2010 3:30 PM in response to WGrose

Same here. iPad doesn't disconnect from previous network and doesn't notify if new networks are found. Irritating. I've tried turning off/on the setting for it, reboots, hard reset, nothing works. On the flip side once I manually tell it to connect to the network I want it seems to work fine. No dropped signal.

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