Intermittent Wifi issues with iPad 2 and WiFi

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Hello

I had the same problem with a d-link router And have change for à cisco e1200 That is compatible with Mac and Pc. Since change i don't have any issues.

Looks like I am having the same issue as everyone else. My wife's IPAD 2 works fine on our home wifi network. Mine on the other hand, does not. I have to stand right next to it for the network to connect. I cannot hook up to any public wifi networks either. I thought it was funny when I went to the Apple store here locally, my wifi worked great. Is this not something that apple can fix? If so, when? Do I really need to return the IPAD? Anyone have fixes that have worked? I've tried all suggestions that Apple can give. Thx.

Very dissappointed with my ipad. Have tried multiple fixes including router mods, ipad mods, router firmware upgrades, router changes, etc, etc, yet the ipad still connects intermittently to wifi. I can have a short term fix by renewing the wifi lease, or turning off wifi or switching to 3g but then the wifi continues to hang enivitably within a short time. My laptop besides my ipad lives happily and perfectly well in the environment.

What a pain this $900 thin white box has been!

COM' ON APPLE GET IT RIGHT. OR MAKE IT RIGHT. Sadly, im having a growing distain for this brand - a forced friend i dont want to have.

I see this thread has been going on for many months. I was happy to see that i wasn't the only one with this problem, so i jumped to page NINETY of the thread and was dismayed to see that there is no solution yet.

FWIW- I use my iPad2 on multiple wifi networks, but this problem only occurs on one that i can see. So it must be related to the g/n settings. I have no desire to play with router settings, so as a result i have gotten efficient at turning wifi off/on very quickly. :(

Similar issues to a lot of users here. Strong connection for awhile, then intermittent signal. Signal strength still reads as high; both the router and the iPad2 see each other, but for whatever reason the iPad hangs for long periods of time. Am using mixed b/g/n router.

SOLVED: FOR ME AT LEAST ...

Ryan at apple support suggested I should change my security settings as the iPad 2 does not play nice with WEP encryption. Set to WPA 2 and the connection problems have gone away. Of course one of my PC's doesn't like WPA encryption, and I must have all devices in the home connected at all times, so I ditched encryption altogether and activated wifi mac address filtering. It's not a perfect solution because my network is potentially vulnerable, but it allows every device, old and new, access. It's been only less than the 24 hours but the iPad 2 is still working as it should.

This problem has been really frustrating for me because the iPad 2 initially works fine using WEP encryption, but after about a week it starts having these connectivity issues. I don't know exactly what is at fault here, but I hope that some of you out there find this solution work-around helpful. Best of luck to everyone~!

I have just purchased a new iPad 2 and noticed the wifi dropout problem immediately. I have an iPad 1 and it is fine on wifi, but in the same location he iPad 2 is awful.

As it is ok on iPad 1, I was convinced it was nothing to do with the wifi network, especially when I noticed that it seemed more to do with signal strengths as even when searching for networks, that the networks discovered would also come and go even if I had not logged onto them.

After a lot of mucking about I have found out what the problem is. If you hold the iPad in landscape mode so that your hand is holding a the side with the home button, the wifi strength drops off until it disappears and the network drops out. If you hold the iPad on any other edge ( or simply lay it down so you are not holding it at all) you will find that the wifi is fine.

I am an electronic design engineer and it would appear that something in the physical construction of the iPads wifi internal aerial makes it susceptible to signal attenuation when holding it at the home button side. This is probably why apple cannot fix it with firmware, and it could be an inherent design fault.

Remember the iPhone that would work if you held it a certain way ? .....

Hope this helps some of you out .....

Sorry, but this hasn't occurred in my use of the iPad 2. If you are experiencing something like this you may have a problem with your iPad. Get it checked out at an Apple store.

It may not be your specific problem, but it is this problem that started this thread which is now 90 pages long!

From experience this smacks of a hardware problem, and will probably explain why apple are not responding to these disgruntled users.

JimHdk wrote:

Sorry, but this hasn't occurred in my use of the iPad 2. If you are experiencing something like this you may have a problem with your iPad. Get it checked out at an Apple store.

The issue is that in the stores the problem rarely is reproduced due to:
1) They use no encryption (open network)
2) They have an AP right above the genius bar, so full signal.

I got my iPad2 last April and the wifi is always a problem. I did not spend six hundred dollars to get a piece of junk but that is what I got. If you want my iPad you can soon buy it on eBay. This is the last Apple product I will ever buy. All they sell is overpriced crap!

This will sound very weird, but it worked. I was having complete WiFi lockout / failure on my iPad2 and was ready to take it to the local Genius Bar. I ran across an archived forum article that suggested to increase the brightness of the screen. Yes, i had it set to a low level for nighttime reading. After increasing the screen brightness from 15% to 60%, the WiFi connection started working again. I know it makes no logical sense. Perhaps this is a problem similar to the iPhone signal attenutation (dropout) issue when you grab the outter rim of the iPhone. Maybe the LEDs keep the WiFi chip warm and comfy.

"It may not be your specific problem, but it is this problem that started this thread which is now 90 pages long!"

"From experience this smacks of a hardware problem, and will probably explain why apple are not responding to these disgruntled users."

Please note that my reply was to a specific post about a hand blocking the WiFi signal and NOT the entire thread. please read what post a post is in response to.

Regarding Apple responding to this thread. This is a user-to-user forum; Apple never responds in this forum.

The length of this thread is really irrelevant. It has been around since the iPad 2 was released and is a hodge-podge of WiFi problems which can be attributed to a host of causes. New posts to this thread are rather pointless since most who might be able to help don't even bother reading this thread any longer.

Same proble for my iPad.

I don't find any possible solution and nothing work for me (change password encryption, brightnes etc.) the iPad still crash the entire home wifi network..could you please reply me and suggest some soluions? Should I call the AppleCare and ask for a replacement?

Hi there,

try this solution

Reset network settings

To reset your network settings, tap Settings > General, then tap Reset > Reset Network Settings.

When the device restarts, try to locate and join the Wi-Fi network again.

It worked for me.

Thanks

Deepika