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iOS 6 causing wifi to NOT pass data

This iOS 6 wifi problem is affecting at least the iPhone 4, 4s, and iPad 3rd gen... The wifi appears to stay on, however, no data passes... If you turn your wifi off, wait a sec or two, turn it back on, the problem appears to be resolved until you have passed a set amount of data... Once that threshold is reached, the wifi stops passing again... It will stay that way until you turn the wifi off and back on or reboot the phone or just by letting it sit untouched long enough for the wifi to turn itself off... You'll know when you pick it up and hit a button... The 3G/4g indicator switches back to wifi... It all works again until the threshold is reached... This is very weird... If you use speed test.net app and run it two or three times, it will pass enough data to shut the wifi down... You can even watch any streaming video (3-5 mins) of something that pulls a lot of data other than browsing safari of mail downloads... It's very easy to recreate the issue, we just need a resolution very fast...

C'mon Apple....!!!

iPhone 4S, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 11:11 PM

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Oct 19, 2012 4:33 AM in response to Macery

thanks Macery for posting your fix. I use a TP-Link WR1043N and was having the same issues as others mentioned in this thread. My wireless security options include WPA/WP2 which can be manually selected or set to automatic. The default is automatic. I left mine set to auto and switched encryption to TKIP. After rebooting the router audio streaming and video streaming seems to work just fine. I ran local radio broadcast for about 10 minutes without issue, and have been listening to BBC through TuneIn Pro for about 20 minutes now, all without any dropped signal. Before switching to TKIP it was practically impossible to listen at all. I will spend more time on this issue tonight and report if I have any more help or frustration to offer.

Oct 20, 2012 6:50 AM in response to pandoratim

to update my post of yesterday, I believe switching the security setting from AES to TKIP and rebooting the router has solved my problem. Others suggest that Apple will fix this problem with the next release of ios 6 so it may not be an issue for too long. In any event for me, sadly, in this case usability trumps security.

Best to all,

Tim

iOS 6 causing wifi to NOT pass data