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Ipad wifi icon blinks out for a second then back on.. repeatadly.

I have noticed since I have owned this ipad (5 days now) that the wifi icon will blink off for less then a second then come back on?? It will do this over and over again in about 1 to 2 min intervals. Has anyone else noticed this? I do not have any other wifi issues such as low, lost or dropped connectivity. I hope this is not a sign that I will soon be having problems with the wifi. It would seem to me maybe a power management issue with the wifi antennea but im not sure. I have a d-link extreme router n+ at home. I will have to take this ipad to another location hotspot to see if the icon blinks there as well. If anyone else notices this with there ipad let me know.

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Posted on Apr 17, 2010 6:08 AM

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Posted on Apr 17, 2010 7:06 AM

This is the same problem I was having, while my wife's iPad was having no problems whatsoever. Then after a few days of no problems for me, my wife started having this problem. Like it just switched from mine to hers. There's speculation about issues with dhcp on the iPad (I won't assume to be knowledgeable on the subject....but my wife is as she's an IT professional) that are causing all these problems with wifi. My wife says it makes sense, and should be able to be fixed with a firmware/software update....so we just have to try to be patient until apple fix this.
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Largefarva
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Apr 17, 2010 7:06 AM in response to harveyb25

This is the same problem I was having, while my wife's iPad was having no problems whatsoever. Then after a few days of no problems for me, my wife started having this problem. Like it just switched from mine to hers. There's speculation about issues with dhcp on the iPad (I won't assume to be knowledgeable on the subject....but my wife is as she's an IT professional) that are causing all these problems with wifi. My wife says it makes sense, and should be able to be fixed with a firmware/software update....so we just have to try to be patient until apple fix this.
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Apr 18, 2010 4:00 PM in response to harveyb25

Well since I have started this discussion my problem went from a blinking wifi indicator to the full blown problems that most on these forums have experienced..I spent an hour on the phone with 2 apple techs the second one being the senior tech and he said that apple definitely nows there is a possible problem with the wifi and are going the extra mile with customers that call and complain. They wanted to know everything from my ipad settings to router settings.. Did 2 seperate restores and created some kind of data log from the ipad that i had to email to the tech. He could not resolve the wifi issue over the phone so he made an appointment for me at an apple store for a diognostic check. Basically from the techs it sounds like they are well into trying to find a fix they just dont know what it is or when its coming out!! Tommorrow is the last day of my 14 day return window and thats probably what Im going to do untill they figure this out, because if this is a hardware problem then that will suck bad...
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User profile for user: Shawn Wood
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Apr 18, 2010 6:07 PM in response to harveyb25

Same thing I was having - from day 1. And on mine, normally after blinking off, it would prompt that it was disconnected, then would flash connecting, then would prompt me to choose a wireless network. Even worse - often when reselecting my network, it would forget the wireless key and reprompt me for it.

Don't know if this is just wishful thinking, but it's been working really well for over an hour with these changes: 1) Changed to a static IP address (on both the ipad and on my wireless router for that device, and 2) rotated the ipad so that the home button is on my left rather than right when browsing the internet (antenna is to the left of the home button). Thinking maybe my right hand was interferring with the signal the other way.

So, might be worth a try.
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Apr 18, 2010 11:18 PM in response to harveyb25

I'm having the same problem. It's very strange. Same thing as you described. Every 60 seconds, EXACTLY 60 seconds, my wifi icon will disappear and immediately reappear. I've so far experienced no connections problems, just the blinking icon. I reinstalled the iPad operating system and the problem was fixed, but started up again about a day or so later. It was happening constantly since it returned, but I just went into settings, turned off wifi completely, waited a couple seconds and turned it back on, and now it's fine. Very strange. I anticipate it's return, and hopefully its just a bug apple will fix with an upcoming software update. I'm using an apple time capsule router, by the way.
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Apr 19, 2010 8:35 AM in response to harveyb25

Well, it was wishful thinking. With the static IP address, WPA2 on the router, and holding the stupid table with the home button on the left - I do get fewer dropped connections, and 3 bars most of the time. But whatever cycle is happening still causes the icon to dip to 1 bar every now and then, and occassionally drops altogether - bringing up the annoying series of connection messages, prompt to reselect my network and a once-a-day forgetting of my network password.
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Jul 1, 2010 7:34 AM in response to Wolfie136

This is happening to me and it occurs at exactley one minute intervals. Funny thing is, it does not do it everyday. I have use An Airport Extreme, have tried all the little traicks on the Apple support page and somedays it does it and other it stops.

Occasionally I get the "not connected to wi-fi" message, but mostly I can keep working without interuption.

Annoying.
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Ipad wifi icon blinks out for a second then back on.. repeatadly.

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