Q: How do I make IOS 6 keep wifi on when iPod is sleeping?

Gail,

You are so wrong, yet you speak with such sweeping authority, dismissing everyone else's petty complaints!

The reason why this thread exists, with hundreds of entries, is because "the way it works" is a problem for many users, so we need to find a solution. And, by the way, plugging into a wall socket does not prevent it dropping the wifi connection. Nor has iOS7 (which I have installed and like very much) resolved the issue. The instantaneous reconnection process you describe works fine with most domestic wifi systems (including my own), but it does not work with many workplace systems (including my own).

Telling people that you don't have a problem - when they clearly do - is just not helpful. If you don't have any good ideas (why should you, you don't have a problem), keep quiet. Join another thread.

The best work around I have come across so far is to switch on a recording app (I use Instant Audio Recorder Lite, but there are many similar free apps out there) and leave it running.  You can then lock the screen, close the lid etc and the wifi connection will not be switched off, presumably because the audio recorder is running. Now that is a useful piece of advice...

Gail, you are wrong....   If plugging into an outlet worked this discussion wouldn't exist because we would've figured it out when we put it on the charger.

Sorry my method did not work for u but it did for me and a lot of my pals I think it is the problem of the device as every one has a different problem in this same thread u have no idea of how much I and my friends have suffered this it worked for some if they put it on charge and for some it worked after updating but my friend ur method we tried it way before it did not work now I don't have the problem in both my I devices

Sorry my method did not work for u but it did for me and a lot of my pals I think it is the problem of the device as every one has a different problem in this same thread u have no idea of how much I and my friends have suffered this it worked for some if they put it on charge and for some it worked after updating but my friend ur method we tried it way before it did not work now I don't have the problem in both my I devices

Sorry if I was rude. I appreciate that you were sharing something which works for you, which is what the forum is for.

Best wishes

Went back to my home for a few weeks, my Airport express kept all my connections alive. Came back to Tokyo, tried my SMC router, all my iDevices disconnected from wifi when asleep.

Set up my Airport Express in my Tokyo office and all my iDevices keep a permanent wifi connection, asleep or not, now I get all notifications.

I retried the old SMC router because I had installed iOS 7 on my iDevices, I thought the new OS may have cured the problem, it made no difference, they still disconnected on my SMC router.

So for me, the solution has been, buy an Apple router.

I came to this solution after going to The Apple store complaining about my wifi connection on iOS 6, only to find that it never disconnected in the Apple Store, went to a friends place, he has Apple routers, it never disconnected there either, came back to my place, disconnections on SMC router, so the SMC router was the obvious problem.

For me and like many others, these Problems started on iOS 6, and changing routers has been the only solution that has worked for me, some other routers work fine, I had an old DLink router that kept connections alive too, no matter what the iOS, but it was an old and now discontinued model, and the newer model from the same manufacturer did not keep the connection alive. 

I must have tried every solution on the internet, but it was proven to be a router problem in my case, some routers will keep my connection alive, and some will not.

Your Mileage May Vary.

On my iPhone 5 with IOS7 the problem appeared after the upgrade. Now I got rid of the code and voila. Wifi stays on

So I do not have a code on my screen and my data now is in danger however my wifi stays on.

Hope this might help.

The solution is and always has been is to Enable "Ask to Join Network" in Wi-Fi settings.  Then restart.

Mini-Mac, no it's not!  If it were that easy we wouldn't all be posting on this forum...  Seriously we've been at this over a year now....

Hi mini mac,

Like Allensgirl said,  Ask to join network will not solve this. It is a genuine problem, not just a matter of reading the manual. My solution, of starting an audio recording app which runs in the background even with the lid closed, works well for me. As soon as I have logged onto my wifi at work, I switch on my audio recorder app (I am sure many will do the job) and my iPad never drops the wifi connection, even in standby mode. This will probably not work for everyone, but worth trying.

rhferg wrote:

 

Hi mini mac,

Like Allensgirl said,  Ask to join network will not solve this. It is a genuine problem, not just a matter of reading the manual. My solution, of starting an audio recording app which runs in the background even with the lid closed, works well for me. As soon as I have logged onto my wifi at work, I switch on my audio recorder app (I am sure many will do the job) and my iPad never drops the wifi connection, even in standby mode. This will probably not work for everyone, but worth trying.

I humbly disagree that Enable "Ask to Join Network" in Wi-Fi settings is not the fix you've been looking for.  If it's not then your router is not maintaining the address of your device (device could be any connected Wi-Fi appliance that connects and goes into low power mode...computer, tablet, phone on and on and on).

I completely understand how long this thread is and length of time.  However I have several devices (see list below) and have NOT experienced any issues at all.....unless my router experienced issues.  At least once a month I have to restart my router and sometimes more often.....it all depends on the amount of downloads in any given period.  For me the restart clears up any issues with speed.

1.   4th generation Time Capsule

2.   2nd generation Time Capusle connected in off(Bridge Mode).

3.   iPad Wi-Fi 1st Gen

4.   iPad mini Wi-Fi 1st Gen

5    iPad Air Wi-Fi/Cellular 1st Gen

8.   MacBook Pro 15" Late 2009

7.   MacBook Air 11" Late 2011

8.   MacBook Air 13" Late 2011

9.   MacBook Pro 15" Late 2012

10. 3rd genertion (2) Apple TV

11. 1st generation PS3

12. iPhone5 (2)

13. Tivo HD (2)

14. Cannon MP620 printer

Another tip if you own a Mac computer and experience Wi-Fi issues is to "Set Service Order" in System Preferences-Network to Wi-Fi first.

Minimac, I admire your perseverance in the face of facts which do not fit your experience, but you just don't get it. This is not a problem which happens with domestic routers. Or if it did, you could just try a different one until you found one which worked. The problem occurs with a minority of workplace wifi routers, which have over-engineered ID verification systems designed for other devices. You do not have the option to change the router, but you need to use the wifi. Do you seriously think I have not got Ask to join network enabled? When you find a wifi system which exhibits this problem you will be entitled to advise us. Until then, well.. you see the point now, I hope.

Good enough.....keep waiting on your fix from Apple.

Have a great day!

I have ipod 4g on 6.1.5.

After the change of HTTP Proxy Option from Off  to Auto, even while my Ipod 4 is sleeping, Gmail App mails are received and I was notified. But the Push notifications from my official mail id (Using Exchange ActiveSync with Push option) were not received.

Wondering what Gmail App does that Mail App doesn't to receive emails while sleeping?

I tried evert trick posted on this thread without any luck. Here is what worked for me.  My Linksys router security was set to WPA and AES, I changed to WPA2 and TKIP+AES and my ipod awoke and gave me an alert of imessage received. Before, I had to awake ipod to receive imassages.  Hope this helps someone.  WPA and TKIP also workes.