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Anyone still having IOS 6 wifi issues?

I'm currently waiting on Apple support to call me back about this issue, but I thought I would reach out here to see if anyone else is having similar issues.


I upgraded to IOS 6 yesterday afternoon, and immediately after I could no longer connect to the Wifi at my place of employment. Everyone had this issue, no big deal.


Went home, Wifi worked fine.


Came into work this morning and I am still unable to connect. I have tried all of the various recommended fixes, and even gone so far as to do a complete restore. I work at a university with multiple networks and access points and have tried connecting to several, both secure and unsecure, with no luck.


This is what happens:

Unsecure Networks: Attempt to connect, wheel spins, Error Message: "Unable to Connect"

Secure Network: Attempt to connect, prompted for password, enter password, Error Message: "Incorrect Password" (Yes I entered the correct password, I tried multiple times, and the IT tech was able to connect to it with his iPad 2 running IOS 5)


I am also not the only one, everyone on campus who has upgraded their iPad 3 to IOS 6 is unable to connect. (All staff/factulty have iPads, most have upgraded)


I have spoken with the IT department and they are baffled, they have tried rebooting various routers and access points to no avail.


Obviously there is something different happening in IOS 6 that is causing these issues. My question is has anyone else encoutered this issue, and if so what have you done to fix it?


I have seen people above who have upgraded firmware on their personal wireless routers with success, but for a university with literally hundress of access points and routers this is out of the question, at least in the short term.

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 9:39 AM

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Sep 25, 2012 4:19 AM in response to PabloSanz

Hi All,


Not sure if this will help anyone but thought I would describe the issues we had and how I fixed them.


Couple of corporate iPhones had been upgraded to iOS6 over the weekend and found they could not connect to our corporate WiFi. iPads which had upgraded to iOS6 seemed to have no problem connecting. We are using Netgear WAG102 access points running at B/G speeds on automatic channel selection.


The following had no effect:


  1. Changed channels
  2. Changed the encryption method
  3. Temporarily removed any security
  4. On the iPhone, forgot the wireless network and refreshed


All the above had no effect ...


Updated the firmware on all the Access Points (up to 2.0.7). At this point, all the iPhones reconnected successfully.


I guess the theory goes, upgrade the firmware to the latest one first and see if this helps.


tisgroup

Sep 25, 2012 5:00 AM in response to clemon85

I updated my iPhone 4 a couple of hours ago and the wifi didnt recognize any networks. I tried the methods people were suggesting including unplugging and plugging my router but nothing worked so I just gave up trying to look for a solution. And now it works! I'm not sure what solution made it work though, probably the router one.

Sep 25, 2012 6:09 AM in response to PabloSanz

That also worked for me.

Thank you for saving my time... after a reset suggested by the Apple support team yesterday, and a frustrated attempt this morning, my next step would be the visit to the Apple store... support suggested to replace my 3 weeks old iPad?!? Installing Google Chrome solved the problem and saved my trip to the store.

Sep 25, 2012 7:17 AM in response to clemon85

Hey, all. I finally got my new iPad 3 2012 working. I have a D-Link DIR-615 router. I went to the D-Link downloads page, downloaded the zip file of the firmware, and just reinstalled it. Seems to be working fine so far (since last night). So, try reinstalling your particular router's firmware, even if you're on the latest version. Won't hurt anything if it doesn't work.

Sep 25, 2012 7:59 AM in response to duxis

To all who are atill having issues...i noticed that when Apple sends me notifications on the app store that i have updates available, that the say their are minor bug fixes on each one of them. I was having trouble the first couple of days getting bumped off wifi. I also have a netgear router.. I left well enough alone and just kept reconnecting each time i wanted get online.. It or apple fixed it from their end.. No problems!

Sep 25, 2012 9:27 AM in response to clemon85

I have an iphone 4 and recently updated it to ios 6 (via wifi). Used 3G till today, I had internet access and everything worked just fine. Today I connected it to the home wifi and I find out that I can't access the internet (eventhough I have a strong signal). Tried most of the "solutions" like:

1 Reset Network Settings

2 Forget this network

3 Turn off WiFi and then on again

4 Turn off iPhone

5 Set proxy to auto

6 Renew Lease

Nothing seems to work! So frustrated 😠

Someone please help!!!!

Sep 25, 2012 9:53 AM in response to Trasher22

I had this issue since July and I have a 4S. I thought IOS 6 would fix this but it did not. Apple also gave me a new phone but I still would lose my WiFi settings. I read somewhere where you "forget network" and then manually enter your SSID and choose "WEP" (not enterprise) just "WEP" it would fix this issue. Sure enough I did this earlier this morning and have been connected to my WiFi for about 4 hours now.

Why is the world Apple support wouldnt tell me to try this is a mystery as I would have saved a ton of time and effort.

Hope this helps.

Sep 25, 2012 10:10 AM in response to clemon85

I updated my iPad last night. Big mistake.


I have reset the network four times, I've forgotten the network, I've toggled the wifi on and off, I've set it to Auto, I've cleared the Safari cache, I've done a hard reset at least six times, I've reconnected to iTunes. I've waved it three times in the general direction of the planet Mercury. Wifi will not connect.


This is not acceptable.

Anyone still having IOS 6 wifi issues?

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