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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 21, 2012 5:08 PM in response to Lessig

Just putting my two cents in here. We too have a Netgear WG102 access point. It was used to upgrade my iPad 3 this week and now my pad cannot access the same network used to update.


Here are the only particular notes of interest:


1. As a test, I upgraded my iPhone 4 to ios 6 yesterday... and it can still access the wifi network that the iPad can't!


2. We received two iPhone 5's today... and neither of them can access our network.


3. We have an Apple Airport Express set up with a second network in our house... and everything can access its wifi network, pre and post-update.


4. We never saw any sign of the 404 page.


So it seems clear to me this is a NetGear meets Apple issue. I have literally tried ALL of the solutions seen on this site - many times - to no avail. I was traded a new iPad at the Genius Bar yesterday - which I thought was cool of them. At the Genius' suggestion, I checked to see if the new iPad (still running ios 5) could access the network. It could. Then I upgraded to ios 6 - and was right back to not being able to log on.


So... I guess we're waiting for 6.0.1!

Sep 21, 2012 6:13 PM in response to clemon85

I upgraded my wife's new iPad on Wednesday night and got the strange Apple verification page but wifi worked right off the bat with that device and never had a problem. However the next day my iphone 4 wifi stopped working. It was driving me nuts so I went online to see if there was a solution and saw all the mentions of ios6 and the wifi issues. Well problem was my iphone was still running ios 5, and after messing with it all day to no avail I came to the solution of upgrading to ios 6 and maybe that would do it. Still have the same problem, and when i upgraded my phone i didn't get the apple 404 page at all - when the set up pages for ios 6 came up its was almost as if it didn't care that my phone wasn't connecting to wifi. So now I'm in the same boat; phone does not get wifi and I too have tried everything, this is the first post to mention the ongoing problem. I think Apple had the initial simple problem to fix and that mislead them to think there wasn't an actual problem with ios6 and wifi, becuase there is. I am getting my iphone 5 soon and these posts have me worried with people saying that they thought their new phone would connect to their networks and they aren't. This is a real problem Apple, fix it.

Sep 21, 2012 6:23 PM in response to clemon85

Problem is finally solved for me. THIS FIX IS ONLY CONFIRMED FOR THE NETGEAR WG102 AP but should work similarly for others. The problem seemed to be an apple issue with the netgear firmware, I was running 5.0.3, downloaded the older 5.0.1 from netgear, applied the firmware and just like that all is back to normal. If only Apple would make it that easy to "downgrade" firmware.

Sep 21, 2012 7:13 PM in response to Entertainment Chairman

Also have a Netgear wg102 at my office that our iOS devices used to connect to. All devices that now are on iOS 6 will not connect those not updated will still connect. I have no issues with my home router or two others since update. Netgear wg102 at the office is on 5.0.3 firmware and have tried various security types, channels, etc. to no avail with the ios6 devices. Will have to try 5.0.1 firmware as sp3000 suggests. I have read in other forums that there are issues with other model routers and ios6 that are resolved with firmware updates or downgrades. Hopefully Apple and the router manufactures will play well with each other again soon

Sep 21, 2012 10:27 PM in response to Bmoney241

Good to hear, no all we need is google to release the maps app and we are all sweet!


But seriously, it is one thing to change the firmware on a one or two AP's but imagine an entire campus, hotel, office etc with multiple AP's, this would be a nightmare. It's also not very good that it's on such a common AP as the WG102, I believe that is a very standard go to AP for lots of large installations.

Sep 21, 2012 11:08 PM in response to sp3000

I live in Spain and can confirm that the wifi problem is channel related, in my case at least. I use channel 12 normally, but channel 12 does not exist in Cupertino, only 10 channels of wifi in USA, some somebody obviously believed that Europe doesn't need 12 & 13.

Changed channel to 6, instant connection!

Two days if stress, wiping network connections (all keychain lost now) rebooting and even restoring twice.

Easy to, just log into your router, 192.168.2.1 in my case, you will find yours in your router manual or online


Sent from my Iphone

Sep 22, 2012 1:07 AM in response to clemon85

iPhone 4s had the "incorrect password" for my secured home wi-fi on iOS 5. The only fix for this was to create a guest login at home (had to log in every day, annoying, but it worked) updated to iOS 6 in the hope that this would fix it. What was I thinking! The original issue still exists, however, a new issue has begun. The guest login I created no longer works. I have researched and tried every fix there is. Nothing works. My iPad 2, my wife's iPhone 4, iPad 2 and my daughters iPod touch all run on 5.1 and non have any issues. Getting really fed up now. What' s the point of an iPhone without wifi connection (the mobile network companies are probably laughing their heads off, at all the people who are using the extra data coz its the only network connection they can get. Wouldn't surprise me if they were all in bed with apple to create this problem for the extra income). If apple do not fix this soon, I will be jumping ship. Nokia, you are edging on to my radar once more!

Anyone still having IOS 6 wifi issues?

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