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iPhone 5s and 5GHz Wifi

Hi there,


I have recently bought an iPhone 5s and I also own a simultaneous dual-band Airport Extreme router.

Until now I had never had a problem with previous iPhones and the AE, but the 5s seems to be behaving differently:


  • If I use the 2.4GHz Wifi network, all is fine
  • If I use the 5GHz Wifi network, the iPhone seems to disconnect briefly and periodically, show "3G" for about half a second and then show the Wifi signal strenght icon back again.


I am running iOS 7.0.3 and the latest firmware on the AE.


Has anyone else seen something similar with a 5s and a 5GHz Wifi network?


Thanks!

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 7:19 AM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2013 1:59 PM

Thanks for your reply.


Looks like I managed to solve the issue by tweaking the Airport Extreme Settings:


Using Airport Utility 5.6 I enabled the following settings:


Manual Setup -> Wireless -> Wireless Network Options


Multicast Rate: Medium (was High before)

Use wide channels: Off (was On before)


The iPhone 5s now seems to work fine with the 5GHz network. Funny that the iPhone 5 worked perfectly well with the old settings.

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Oct 24, 2013 1:59 PM in response to chattphotos

Thanks for your reply.


Looks like I managed to solve the issue by tweaking the Airport Extreme Settings:


Using Airport Utility 5.6 I enabled the following settings:


Manual Setup -> Wireless -> Wireless Network Options


Multicast Rate: Medium (was High before)

Use wide channels: Off (was On before)


The iPhone 5s now seems to work fine with the 5GHz network. Funny that the iPhone 5 worked perfectly well with the old settings.

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Oct 24, 2013 12:17 PM in response to wjosten

Hi there,


Thanks for your suggestion.


I tried that, but it didn't help at all. I still get briefly but consistently disconnected every few seconds. This also causes my battery life to go down very quickly.


I am currently on 2.4GHz exclusively, since 5GHz is simply not an option.

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iPhone 5s and 5GHz Wifi

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