iOS6 - Wi-Fi on iPad gives error "Unable to join network"

Rogerfromparma,

You have a different issue. As indicated in my initial post, I (and others with the same issue) have tried that result and more involved methods besides.

An iPad has to be able to log into a network at least once, otherwise there will be no settings to forget. After a Network Settings Reset (again, see my initial post), all of those settings are erased. Consequently, no one with this issue who has tried the methodolgy used in my initial post can employ the suggestion you are offering. We cannot login at all, and there are no previous settings stored.

This thread is for people who have a specific subset of issues which are not resolved by resetting network settings, as I say in my initial post. Sorry!

Dubperc,

You may want to try some of the suggestions floating around the forums as regards resetting your network settings. At this time, there have been no reports of anyone with an iPad2 having this issue: it seems to be limited solely to the most recent iterations of Apple hardware: iPad3, iPhone4s/5, and the newest iPods.

That isn't to say that you are not having this issue, but at this time I'd say that it is more likely that your problem is a different issue which can probably be resolved in some way.

My advice to you would be to reset your router (alternatively, you could change your router's authentication key or security type), and also to go into your iPad's Settings>General>Reset command, and choose Reset Network Settings. This usually resolves the issues that most people are having. But, it does not fix the issue that we are reporting in this thread.

Good luck!

Dubperc,

If you have done everything you can try and it doesn't work, the only option is a restore. Of course, I'll add that a restore has not helped those of us who are encountering this router-related issue.

As for downgrading: the short answer is no and the long answer is yes, but with a bunch of caveats and the fact that you would have had to know ahead of time so that you could save blobs of the signed software, and you would also need a jailbroken device. So, really, if you are just a normal user like me--no, there's no way to downgrade.

I hope that your restore works out for you. Otherwise, you're in the same boat as the rest of us. 😟

Kudos to NaplesDave from the other thread (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4313126) for this workaround.

Reverting the Netgear WGT624v3 to the earlier 2.0.21 firmware RESOLVES the nonconnectivity of my iPad3 over Wi-Fi. I suggest everyone with that router employ this method until a fix is released by Apple, unless there is a compelling reason otherwise.

I do not have any solutions for other routers at this time, but users of other Netgear routers may wish to try firmware other than that which they are currently using to see if that solves their issues.

Will continue to post information as I receive it, and I will forward this information to the Apple advisor who is handling this case.