How to solve the wifi dropping problem on Att UVerse.
Today with aid from others on the forums and help from apple I figured out how to stop the problem where your iPad will drop wifi while your using it.
Wat was wrong before:
While surfing the web my wifi would disconnect, and I would have to go to settings>wifi and turn It off and then back on, this would happen every two to three minutes.
YouTube videos would load very fast and about half way would stop and need to buffer.
When streaming pandora, it would only be be able to play one song, before needing to restart the Internet.
My router:
I have a homeportal 3000 router through AT&T
http://www.convergedigest.com/images/articles/v12n140-2wire.jpg
First you will need to know your account password for Uverse.
On the side of the router it will tell you system password, key, and Mac ID, at the top it will say for more info visit and there will be a number separated by some periods.
Go to that link, (on either your iPad or any computer)
When you get there you should see the name of your router and how it's performing.
At the top there will be four tabs, click on settings.
Six more tabs will pop up below the two tabs, click LAN.
Below the six tabs, another six tabs will appear, click wireless.
Scroll down and find security.
Under authentication type, change it to "WPA2-PSK (AES)"
Scroll down to the bottom and click save, it should then ask you for your password. NOTE: this is your uverse password, not the password on your router.
There should be a green box that says you were successful.
I've been going five hours now and havn't had one disconnect.
Thanks and hope this helps.
Wat was wrong before:
While surfing the web my wifi would disconnect, and I would have to go to settings>wifi and turn It off and then back on, this would happen every two to three minutes.
YouTube videos would load very fast and about half way would stop and need to buffer.
When streaming pandora, it would only be be able to play one song, before needing to restart the Internet.
My router:
I have a homeportal 3000 router through AT&T
http://www.convergedigest.com/images/articles/v12n140-2wire.jpg
First you will need to know your account password for Uverse.
On the side of the router it will tell you system password, key, and Mac ID, at the top it will say for more info visit and there will be a number separated by some periods.
Go to that link, (on either your iPad or any computer)
When you get there you should see the name of your router and how it's performing.
At the top there will be four tabs, click on settings.
Six more tabs will pop up below the two tabs, click LAN.
Below the six tabs, another six tabs will appear, click wireless.
Scroll down and find security.
Under authentication type, change it to "WPA2-PSK (AES)"
Scroll down to the bottom and click save, it should then ask you for your password. NOTE: this is your uverse password, not the password on your router.
There should be a green box that says you were successful.
I've been going five hours now and havn't had one disconnect.
Thanks and hope this helps.
iPad, iPhone OS 3.1.3, iPad 3.2