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My ipad or iphone cant connect to local network (Wi-Fi).
I have an adress range 169.254.95.xxx. subnet 255.255.0.0.
This is the proper local adress range. iPad/iPhone get the correct adresses from DHCP but cant surf.
Cant you use this adress span?
iPad 2
That's the address the Ipad normally assigns itself when the wireless router refuses to give it one. You could try resetting your router, and your Network setting on the pad/phone:
Settings>General>Reset> Reset Network settings.
Let me know if it works
Im afraid that didnt solve the problem. It feels like the iPad doesnt even try to connect to internet when this adress is use (169.254.95.34) strange isnt it?
Indeed!
You defo won't be able to connect with that IP address, it's a non-assigned address, no good! This is all apple has to say on wi-fi in it's article section:
http://www.apple.com/uk/support/ipad/assistant/wifi/
If that still doesnt help, you might have to wait for the next firmware update (As you're not the only one with this issue) Or give apple a call. If you look through your docs, you should find you have access to a 90day free telephone support service. Maybe one of Apple geek's can walk you through it! 🙂
Thanks for your help, even if I know that adress range is not optimal, its still beeing used at work with at least 100 other IP products. A lot of work changing all the servers and so on, just to be able to surf on my iPad.
Should try to call Apple support and hear what they say.
Thanks!
Your router needs to assign an address. It should be 192.168.1.xxx. Go into the control panel of your router and make sure dchp is turned on. That switch tells the router to automatically assign ip addresses.
OK, I'm not an network expert, but had my share of issues with WLANs, so here we go:
I have an adress range 169.254.95.xxx. subnet 255.255.0.0.
This is the proper local adress range.
No, it's not proper. 169.254.x.x addresses are assigned by a mechanism called Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) that kicks in when there is no connection to a valid DHCP server or no fixed IP address has been defined. With these addresses you can (I assume, I never tried) operate on your local network, but forget about any connection to the internet.
iPad/iPhone get the correct adresses from DHCP but cant surf.
Unless you did a very bizarre configuration on your modem/router, 169.254.x.x addresses are not correct and are not originating from a DHCP server, which should be your router or modem.
In short: the issue seems to be a a lack of a DHCP service to provide your iDevices the proper IP addresses. To solve your problem you have to describe a little bit more how your home WLAN is organized.
Eric
You need to make sure that you are also resetting your router, and when I say reset, power the router off/on, and this should cure the issue.
As people above have said, the DHCP on your router isn't allocating your iPad an IP address for whatever reason, and restarting the router, should cure the issue (unless you have a faulty router, or some crazy config).
Cant use iPad with 169.254.95.xxx adress span?
