iPhone 15 Pro Max Wi-Fi Issues

thank you so much! I deleted my NordVPN, and the phone connected immediately.

Thanks, turning off the 160hz channel worked for me.

UPDATE:

I removed my VPN and WiFi has worked fine

17.1.1 fixed this completely for me.

Thank you so much. After deleting ProtonVPN all the wifi connectiviy issues were resolved.

Make sure you have the most up-to-date AX6000 firmware installed.

OK, so I have a VPN (Surfshark) on my phone. I deleted the app and it's now working.

It's usually not the phone, it's your Wi-Fi router. The iPhone 15 models support a newer Wi-Fi standard some routers don't implement properly and they require firmware updates.

How I fixed this:

settings, General, Reset, Reset Network Settings

wifi worked after this

Update from me too. Since separating the two networks (2,4 and 5GHz), it's been better. First it seemed to work to 100% (having the 15P only connected to the 5GHz) but then the same issues occured after an hour or so. But for the past 30-40 hours, I haven't had a single issue with the connectivity. I was almost tinfoiling like "can they send out hotfixes which are installed invisibly??" but probably not.

So for now, it works, but I would like to be able to keep using "Smart Connect" for my home WIFI - one SSID for both bands. This type of compatibility downfall is not OK.

I keep seeing this mentioned as a fix... But here is my experience, in 12 screenshots. I kept the time on the screen so people can follow me from my garage to my office under my Eero 7 Max mesh. But, keep it mind that the exact same issue happened under my Orbi 960 mesh while no other device I have, including pre-iPhone 15 iPhones, suffer of this issue under either mesh setup.

1) To settle for once and all, I have no VPN:

2) I am standing in my garage, under my Eero satellite named "Garage", with my iPhone 15 Pro Max's Wifi turned on. It correctly detects my mesh network name, it correctly claims full signal strength, it claims it has connected to it, yet the Wifi icon at the top is curiously missing:

3) I click on the blue circled-"i" to see the network details my phone sees. Clearly it has settled on a non-Eero local IP address, and there is no router IP. This feels more like a cellular connection while the phone thinks it is Wifi:

4) If I look at my Eero app, all the latest version of course, I see that the phone is connected to the correct mesh satellite with the correct 6G connecting type! So, the phone is connected to wifi, but gets its bearings from cellular...

5) Let's run a SpeedTest to see what this weird combo delivers. Keep in mind that if I forget to turn off my phone's wifi and walk around the house, this is the bandwidth I am suffering through. And notice how SpeedTest does figure out that the network is through AT&T, not Xfinity that my Eero router is connected to:

6) Let us walk back to my office where the main Eero gateway/router is and keep the phone's Wifi on. It correctly detects the network name, shows full signal, claims to have connected to it, and now the Wifi icon in the upper right corner is correctly displayed:

7) Diving into that connection via the circled-"i", now we see what a proper Wifi connection looks like, with the proper device IP assigned and the Eero router's address correctly populated:

8) And the Eero router sees my phone as connected to my Office router directly without going through a mesh satellite, at 6Ghz:

9) Given my 1200/40 service from Xfinity, and the 6G network iPhone 15 Pro Max can use, the speeds are awesome. Again, note how SpeedTest now correctly identifies Xfinity as the source of the connectivity:

10) In case anyone was curious what the real cellular-only experience is like, let us turn Wifi off:

11) As confirmed by the Eero app, my phone is no longer on my mesh network:

12) And SpeedTest shows this via AT&T:

Needless to say, a much MUCH better experience than in step 5's weird combo where the phone thinks it is on Wifi but actually is using cellular data. Whatever code path there is in iOS 17.x, that particular situation is making it hit the brakes like it is nobody's business...

I hope this, plus my previous post a page or two back, helps someone at Apple to sort this issue out in iOS 17.2.

Tuna

I’ve been having the same wifi connectivity issues with my 15 Pro Max since I bought it. I’ve called my ISP (Bell) and I’ve called Apple. Apple ran diagnostics and said everything was fine, and I even tried resetting my network settings to factory. Nothing seemed to work UNTIL, earlier today, I called Apple again. This is what they had me do:

1. Settings
2. Wi-Fi
3. Tap on the network you’re using
4. Scroll down, tap Configure DNS
5. Change from “Automatic” to “Manual”
6. Tap “Save”

So far, fingers crossed, this has worked. I go to work tonight, so I don’t have time to monitor my Wi-Fi as much as I’d want before I go in tonight, but I haven’t had an issue since I did this. Keep in mind, my Wi-Fi was dropping regularly at home. I’m hoping this can help some of you, as there doesn’t seem to be much information online on what works for this issue.

I had this issue. Tried the fixes above, but no success. However, I deleted a VPN that I had which was connected to an app called Covenant Eyes. So far it seems stable and working. Didn’t have this issue on my iPhone 11 (just upgraded from).

I think I've isolated a fix (albeit more of an annoying workaround) for the issue. For some reason it was just my home wifi not working with my 15 Pro so I created a Guest wifi network through my ISP and my phone is able to connect to that one even though it's the same router. Really bizarre but it's been three days or so now and it's still going strong. So we'll see.

Found a solution which has created other problems for me.. I have Xfinity, and was able to go into the Xfinity app, WiFi settings, and turn my security mode to ‘WPA3-Personal’ instead of ‘WPA3-Personal Transition.’

This has fixed my issue with the 6E WiFi holding steady on my phone from room to room but now my older devices, such as smart plugs, and google assistant are unable to connect unless revert my settings back to Personal Transition mode through Xfinity..

I’m certainly no expert on any of this and it’s driving me mad.