Q: Ipad mini with retina wifi extremely slow/dead after ios 8 update
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Sep 20, 2014 8:47 AMby JohnfromthebigD,Marvin,
Please check your router settings. If your 5Ghz band has the option of "Automatic" for the channel, that should fix it.
I'm not sure why your 2.4Ghz band only gives you 9mbps, when your 5Ghz band gives you over 100. Lots of contention? Maybe your router doesn't broadcast that band as powerfully?
Just did a speed test on my iPad Air. On the 2.4 band, I'm getting 60 Mbps down and 13 up. The constraint is my internet connection, I'm paying for 50-down 10up.
Still...10Mbps is a whole lot faster than a paperweight!
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Sep 20, 2014 9:01 AMby Buboy1,This actually worked on my ipad mini. Had the same issues as everyone having sluggish to no connection. Logged in to my router and changed 2.4Ghz channel to automatic and if your 5Ghz does not have the automatic option for a channel, then change it to highest channel and hit apply then log out. Had no issues since then, been using 5Ghz with no hiccups. Speed test shows constant upper 100 Mbps download.
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Sep 20, 2014 9:04 AMby JohnfromthebigD,gldoorii,
Dunno if changing 5Ghz to a different channel will work or not.
Buboy1 writes that using the highest 5Ghz channel worked for him. That doesn't seem logical to me, but hey -- whatever works.
Since my constraint is my internet connection (50Mbps), and I'm getting the max on 2.4, I haven't bothered experimenting with different channels on my iPad.
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Sep 20, 2014 9:08 AMby kingmorgan,With my iPad Air I used to stream audio from drop box and vlc. Now it is almost impossible. Wi-Fi seems working but it randomly loses connection with timecapsule and web access. Everything still fine with mobile connection.What a mistake to update to ios8, I hope they will solve all these issues
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Sep 20, 2014 10:25 AMby John369,That's my iPad Air been working as normal for just over eight hours now. Changing back to IOS 7.1 and resetting network settings all seem a bit drastic when there is a simple temporary fix. If it's WiFi that's causing you a problem and if you have a dual concurrent router then it's as easy as picking the 2.4 GHz under choose a network on your iPad. Alternatively if you don't have a dual concurrent device just set your router to TX in 2.4 GHz radio from the router/hub settings menu, and then choose it as your network option on your iPad. Nobody seems to know why, but it's the 5GHz band that is the problem since the IOS 8 update.
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Sep 20, 2014 10:45 AMby cbdoc,What I've tried and what has worked:
- Reset Airport Extreme to factory default and re-setup wifi settings > WORKED
- Switched 5ghz channel to highest channel (instead of auto), kept 2.4 ghz on auto > NO WORK
- Reset iPad Mini Retina Network Settings > NO WORK
- Restore iPad Mini Retina (full reset + restore) > NO WORK
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Sep 20, 2014 1:42 PMby chrisbenwalker,I Also had problems with sluggish safari, and often came up with error message saying unable to load as not connected to Internet, even though wifi looked like was connected. Was ok on iOS 7, so deleted wireless settings and reset, then entered the settings again, and has been fine all day. Haven't had to change any router settings so hopefully it's just something gine corrupt during the update process.
WIll post back if the problem comes back.
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Sep 20, 2014 1:59 PMby Al_the_bird,I Had the same issue with my ipad air. speed test app showed speed way below 1 mbit. Solved the problem for now by switching to airplane mode and back.
speed test showed now "normal" 80 mbit download speed.
Hope it helps you guys as well.
the problem is most definitifly iOS 8. other devises in the same network show the regular internet speed.
