Q: iPad won't connect to wireless network but laptop can
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Jun 13, 2010 6:11 AMby Andy Tedd,Have you tried the iPad while the laptop is connected? My iPad does the same, it finds the Wi-Fi network but does not connect to any websites. If I turn my iMac on and make sure it's connected to the wi-fi network, suddenly my iPad connects? Not sure why or how that works?
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Jun 13, 2010 3:32 PMby iPod Touch - Wipe,It must have to do with the ports that iPad and iPhone are using through the wireless router.
I have no problem on my home wifi network, I am at a friends location and this is where I am having the problem.
If I can figure out the router ip address AND the ports I need to open then in theory it should work. -
Aug 17, 2010 9:15 PMby funkof73,Check your IP address on your iPad....if it's 169.254.. it will not connect to internet.
I changed my router's security to WPA2-PSK like mentioned before in this thread and the iPad connected instantly. I had it on WEP previuosly.
Same passcode and everything...so hopefully this won't cause problems with most of my other wireless devices.
happy iPad now... -
Nov 19, 2011 11:31 AMby AnotherHarry,HelpfulI don't know what I'm doing, but I had the same problem and accidently solved it. I went to settings-wifi and then touched the blue arrow button next to my network name. I then touched "forget this network". I then closed settings and opened safari. I got a message that I couldn't access the internet because I wasn't connected to a network. I removed this message and then waited. Eventually (within 30 seconds) a join network box appeared, I touched it, typed in my password, and it suddenly worked.
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Nov 24, 2011 3:09 PMby pjasmine52,I'm having the same problems. My computers have no problem connecting, but my iPad intermittantly can't connect to the internet. I've tried "forgetting" the network, but it that won't fix it. The only thing that fixes it is rebooting my wireless router. But that is not an acceptable solution, I shouldn't have to keep doing that. Must be some conflict with the IP address, but can't figure it out.
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Dec 23, 2011 11:49 AMby bearwife,I had this problem at work after resetting my Ipad 2 to deal with a different problem. I called Apple Support, which had nothing to add beyond what can be found in the threads and support articles here. When the Apple Support person started pushing me to reset my Ipad2 to factory settings, wiping out everything, I said forget that.
Here's what worked for me: 1) turn off my cellular data service 2) make sure none of my available wireless networks were "known" 3) turn on Safari and ignore/dismiss the message that Internet service wasn't available 4) when the message about available networks finally came up, pick the one I wanted and put in normal sign in.
And I'm up! Without returning to factory settings.
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Jan 5, 2012 3:17 AMby rayraw,HelpfulHelp! I'm having the same problem. My laptop PC connects fine, but my iPad finds the network, shows a connection with strong signal, but when I try to access anything on the internet I get a "serve unavailable" error. I've tried everything in this thread with the exception of resetting the server. I'm staying at a hotel in Germany and they won't do it. I've used my iPad at different hotel here so I know it's not an issue with Germany.
Any help would be greatly appriecated.
