Wi-Fi fix for ios6
All,
Since iOS 6 - ive had SO MANY isues with WiFi. The solution - Static IP.
I think that apple have an issue with the DHCP OFFER that is received from your router. In simpler terms, our expensive little toys use this mechanism to obtain an IP address which your router dishes out - but upon receiving it from your router - it cannot be bound to the wireless ethernet adaptor in the iDevice.
I can see (in my case anyhow) that the router has happily received the DHCP request, then sent an offer with all relevant details. The iDevice actually acknowledges this offer, but never takes the address on. The router thinks that its done it jobs and goes on its merry way.
To correct. manually enter it.
1. (iDevice) Go to settings -> wifi. At this point select your SSID of your home (or work) network. If you have the issue - You will notice that it just spins eternally and never connects.
2. (ROUTER) Go to your Wireless settings page, and you will see your iDevice with an address allocated to it.
GRAB THAT ADDRESS AND ENTER INTO YOUR IPAD>IPHONE etc...
3. (iDevice) Go to settings -> wifi -> (your SSID) and select 'static'. Enter the following details manually.
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Router
DNS
BE CAREFUL to get them EXACTLY
Then go back to the wifi page, click on your SSID and it will connect.
Apple - please correct!
Trav
iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.1