cant connect to ad hoc network with ios 6

Add another iPad 3 (iOS 6 - latest) who cannot use ad-hoc (host is a 2012 macbook pro retina).

I literally hear the android forum people pi55ing their pants at us all now - "oooh aple products just work don't they...?"

I've got a show at the weekend where I'm not playing my usual stuff so wanted to use Traktor with touchOSC, I had it working perfectly on iOS5..... Then by my own mistake my iPad3 took a massive s&^t and wiped it's self (I connected it to an unrecognised macbook... d'oh).

So after reinstalling (had to install iOS6) I got the ad-hoc working once without even tinkering with the settings and now today I went back to it to play with it...and now nothing, no wifi bar in the top left to show it's connected to my ad-hoc :-(

After a few hours googling and trying different settings I can get the wi-fi bars up on my ipad now by making the ad-hoc network settings in my iPad Static (using IP 192.186.10.56 / subnet 255.255.255.0) rather than DCHP, but touchOSC still doesnt come up with my macbook's ad-hoc network... GRRRR

I'm going to email my local apple store asking if they know anything about this issue and if not point them at this thread to hopefully action it to higher Apple beings.

This is ********. Now facing this same issue. Just purchased Lemur, quite excited about using it with Ableton yet I cannot get Ad-hoc networking to work. Will work ok on my normal home wifi network but latency is ****, as expected. So my nice macmini, ipad mini, apple airport extreme should all play nice but no.

Tired of this **** Apple.

THIS IS A SOLUTION! For me at least.

Yes, Lokua has it figured. Works wonders on my MBP + Lemur.

Creatde a 128-Bit WEP AdHoc network with the 13 character ASCII password.

Cheers!

Lokua is using Windows 7!

On my Mac this soulution does not work.

Both devices, Mac and Iphone, are updated.

It is really embarrassing that you can use your Iphone better with a Windows Computer than with a Mac.

Indeed. It does take the pee a bit... I arranged an apple care call a couple days ago and spoke to a lovely lass from Kentucky regarding why I can't connect to my macbook's ad-hoc network since updating to IOS6. She couldn't help but she was very nice and happy considering it's 6am there... haha i did tell her to have a look at the forums to get the engineers to sort something out and she assured me they look at these forums all the time....yeh they seem to have missed this one...

Hey Guys,

I bought a new ipad nano.....i am facing the same problem...i am unable to connect to the adhoc connection i have created using my laptop (windows 7)....the adhoc connection networ i have created is visible on my laptop...but i m unable to connect to it....under the head DHCP......the ip address and subnet rows were showing empty.....so after some googling.....the entered the ip address n subnet mask under the heading STATIC n tried but to no avail...

Pls help.....has anybody got the solution to this problem????????????????????????????????????.........the tick mark infront of the adhoc connection is not appearing.....pls help......

Same issue here after iOs 6 update...

This is a very serious bug, nullifies part of the moneys spent for these devices.

I think it a shame it's still unfixed.

I am also a musician who has spent countless hours trying to fix the same NO WIFI BARS problem you all have been facing. For some bizarre reason, I actually was able to send midi info from my Macbook (2009 Mountain Lion 10.8.3) to my iphone (4S 6.1.3). Other than this fluke event, I have had no luck with this unreliable ad hoc connection. I hope this issue gets resolved soon. Untill then, I think I am going to downgrade to ios 5 to this is that works 😠😢

how can you downgrade your iphone to iOS5?

I just got my first tablet computer, wasn't sure whether to go with an iPad or Nexus 10. And 2 days after deciding to go with an iPad I run into this problem. It just reminds of when I got a MacBook Air about 2 years ago that too had some nasty wifi issues that took Apple 1 year to fix, brings back bad memories. I got rid if the MBA, by the way.

I seriously thinking about returning the iPad, get a Nexus 10 and canceling my plans of switching our 2 phones from Android to iPhones.

You never know if I again have to wait a year until this gets fixed. The products look nice, but they got to work too.

I've come up with several work arounds, and eventually I always get connected for music and midi on my iPad and Macbook Pro. It can be a pain and isn't always consistant.

Try this:

1 - If the AdHoc network you made isn't working, MAKE A NEW ONE WITH A DIFFERENT NAME (and password) *it's surprising how often this works! Make sure to break all old wifi connections first; flip the airplane mode on the iPad.

2 - Use a good stable App on your iDevice to start - close all midi related apps, and open just one solid app to ensure you stay connected. I like 'Touchable' as a 'starting app' because it has server software that requires your Network Session - seems to connect well and helps keep me connected as I open other apps.

3 - On your Mac in System Preferences, under Settings/Network, try creating and using a new 'Location' using 'edit locations...' - try even wiping all old locations

4 - When closing down, as a precautionary make sure to end your midi network connection on the computer first, before ending it on the iDevice. Closing all your midi apps, or letting your iPad go to sleep causes a 'Network lost' error. Seems to bugger things when you try connecting next time.

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** If all else fails, a reboot on both devices (with possible PRAM reset on mac,) and a new adhoc network with a new name - will almost guaranteed work.

Cheers!

I was finally able to connect my iPad to a win7 PC via wifi adhoc after a few more attempts. I set a static IP address for both devices and also needed to change the mcaffee firewall on the PC to accept connections from Splashtop

Hi Everyone,

I've been struggling with this same issue for a long time. Just tried Connectify Lite from http://www.connectify.me/. Works perfectly, easy to setup, ipad, iphone all connected to my laptop with stable connection.

Thanks, Jeff

After setting th IP address, fill the 'search domains' column with 'mshome'

it works (for me)

I've just tried after many months, and now with OS 10.8.4 and last iOs 6 it seems work again! I've set subnet mask manually to 255.255.255.0, on DHCP it was 255.255.0.0 and it worked only traktor>iPad and not iPad>Traktor!

I'm not sure if I've always used 255.255.255.0 or 255.255.0.0, but check it now, it could work!