iPad 3 will not connect to wifi after waking.

I have the same problem. At first I thought it only was at home as the wifi antenna is not positioned ideally for our flats reception. The signal is a bit weak, but works. But then I noticed that it is the same at work, sitting 1 meter (3-4 feet) away from the antenna. When the iPad falls asleep, it will not get data from a website when you wake it up again. It is connected (it says), but wifi needs to be turned off and on to get it working again. A bit annoying, yes.

Cheers,

Paul

Update the firmware in your router.

If you need more help provide the make, model and version of your WiFi router and how you have it configured.

Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398

iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304

Additional things to try.

Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.

Change the channel on your wireless router. Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html

How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems

http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/

If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.

iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes

http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/

Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Thank you for your reply. I have looked at the links, but I am not sure any of that aplies here. Everything else work fine on the network. All other machines go in an out of sleep/wifi without problems. The routers (in my case) are Apple routers with latest updates. The frequency space is also not very crowded. It is just the iPad 3. It has no problems while on the net. It is just reconnecting after sleep.

The screen brightness up/down had no effect on my iPad 3.

At least from what I could see.

From the net it looks like this issue is not new to the iPad users.

I just tried my girlfriends iPad 3. Same problem. No reconnect after sleep.

Maybe an software update will address this some time...

Update: It does not always happen.

Could have to do with for how long it has been to sleep.

Cheers,

Paul

Hi there,

I have found that my iPad 3 will reconnect eventually.

It just takes time.

If you are in a hurry, you can turn the wifi off and on.

If not, you can wait.

Cheers

Same problem on multiple routers across several locations. I have waited up to 10 minutes and no reconnection happens for me.

I have the same issue. Has anyone figured out how to solve it? It's an annoying problem.

I was having the same problem. To fix:

I forget the wi-fi network then re-connect to it.

This seemed to make the iPad maintain connect to the wifi after wake up.

I tried this and still does not work...

Any other suggestions?

I was also having this issue, after some research I found that if you disable WMM Support: on your wireless router the problem seems to get fixed.

SO far 3 days no waiting for wifi after the iPad sleeps.

Thanks

Turning WMD by itself did I not work for me. On the router I had to add the ip of the device to the dhcp reservation list and so far I have not had connectivity issues. It's been two days and counting. I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed since this an annoying problem.

Hope apple addresses this and the low wifi signal issues in the next iOS update.

Looks like its a usual issue with iPad 3...not sure why but ipad2 seems to work fine. Is your working still.

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