iPad won't connect to wireless network but laptop can

Great tip!! Glad it's still here. I had to change my wireless gateway and could connect with everything except my iPads. Resetting network settings on the iPad got it working fine immediately. Thanks again!

I spent hours trying to fix this problem - then just changed to channel 11 and it worked like a flipping miracle! I had to reconnect to other devices (including my Amazon firestick) and there is still the 'security' message, but wifi hasn't dropped out since. Thank you!

I searched online for the same issue without any luck but found this after i resolved the problem:

Nasty 169.x.x.x ip address suddenly started showing up on my iPad and wont connect to the Internet.

Got the router reset and changed the security and it worked.

I 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.

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.

thanks... I had the same problem but i did what you had said and everything became normal...again thanks

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.

Great solution. I never would have thought of if. I'd tried all of the "usual suspects" without success. Thanks for posting...