Weird wifi problem

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Weird wifi problem

I have two networks set up in my house One over the verizon fios router and one over Airport Extreme with a Airport Express. The AE network always has a stronger single however the Ipad defaults to the verizon network. I have to manually change to network setting to AE. This seems to be a new problem. Is there a fix? Thanks

powerbook G4 15', Mac OS X (10.5.4), Iphone 32gb 3gs, Ipad 32 g

Posted on Jun 18, 2010 2:05 PM

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Answer 1

JimHdk

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Jun 18, 2010 2:12 PM in response to lawrence gelman

lawrence gelman wrote:
I have two networks set up in my house One over the verizon fios router and one over Airport Extreme with a Airport Express. The AE network always has a stronger single however the Ipad defaults to the verizon network. I have to manually change to network setting to AE. This seems to be a new problem. Is there a fix? Thanks

Go to Setting > WiFi > +Fios network name+ and select "Forget this Network". You might also want to set +Ask to Join Networks+ to OFF.

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Answer 2

Jun 18, 2010 2:18 PM in response to JimHdk

Thanks,but every now and again I need to access the verizon network. If I select "forget this network" how can I access it?

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Answer 3

lllaass

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Jun 18, 2010 2:24 PM in response to lawrence gelman

If you "forget" a network you have two options to rejoin it. The first is to manually type in the name (SID) and password. The other is to turn on join a network and select the network you want and enter its password.

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Answer 4

JimHdk

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Jun 18, 2010 2:27 PM in response to lawrence gelman

lawrence gelman wrote:
Thanks,but every now and again I need to access the verizon network. If I select "forget this network" how can I access it?

If you "Forget this network" the network will still be visible in the list of WiFi access points and you will still be able to manually select it and connect. "Forget this network" simply removes it from the list of known networks which are automatically connected to when available.

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etresoft

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Jun 18, 2010 2:54 PM in response to lawrence gelman

lawrence gelman wrote:
Thanks,but every now and again I need to access the verizon network. If I select "forget this network" how can I access it?

Isn't the Airport Express hooked up to the Verizon network?

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Answer 6

Jun 18, 2010 3:12 PM in response to etresoft

Yes it's connected to the fios router and it's in bridge mode.

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Answer 7

etresoft

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Jun 18, 2010 4:55 PM in response to lawrence gelman

lawrence gelman wrote:
Yes it's connected to the fios router and it's in bridge mode.

So what exactly do you need to access that you can't? It sounds like everything is connected.

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Answer 8

Jun 19, 2010 9:32 AM in response to lawrence gelman

The iPad looks at the networks it "knows" in alphabetical order by network name (SSID) not by signal strength or any other criteria.

The only way to change the search order of known is to change their names.

Steve

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