iPad Air WiFi (5GHz) issues after iOS 8 upgrade

I too am having these problems with my iPad Air. I am on iOS 8.0.2 on both my iPad Air and my iPhone 5s. Both devices are on the 5ghz wifi. My iPhone 5S wifi is working perfectly fine. However my iPad Air is giving me tons of problems after updating to iOS8. Wifi will work fine (100mbps) for about 5 mins then it comes to a screeching halt until I have to either restart the iPad or toggle the wifi button on and off. I never had this issue in iOS7 And my iPhone 5S seems to be working fine.

My fiancé has an iPhone 4s and IPad mini both still on iOS7 and zero wifi problems on her end. All of my other non Apple devices connected to the router aren't having any connectivity issues either as I have done thorough testing.

Therefore I'm thinking there might be a problem with wifi connectivity on the iPad Air after updating to iOS8 on the 5ghz channel.

Apple please help!

I am having the same issues you describe. My iPad Air was working fine on iOS 7, then updated to 8.0.2 and my 5ghz wifi (802.11n) keeps dropping out or becoming unusably slow. I too have noticed that "forgetting" my wireless network, and then reconnecting can solve the dropout temporarily, but the poor connectivity always returns.

When I switch to the 2.4ghz channel on my router (dual band) I do not have any issues. The connectivity problem seems to be related to 5.0ghz, and iOS 8.0.2.

Apple, we need a fix here!

I May be jumping the gun here, but resetting the location wifi based on the link provided may have helped. Fingers crossed, but we shall see.

i was having issues streaming media like netflix and it seems to be not cutting out every 5 minutes. I have a bt homehub 5 for those who haven't seen my earlier post.

Your BT is definitely not the problem here. I have BT too and everything was just great before that f****ng upgrade. Those little trick I found on that web site helped but there are freezes whenever streaming, the screen freezes with safari, every video takes time...

Steve up there if you can hear us do something to move your pals...

J & E wrote:

I May be jumping the gun here, but resetting the location wifi based on the link provided may have helped. Fingers crossed, but we shall see.

i was having issues streaming media like netflix and it seems to be not cutting out every 5 minutes. I have a bt homehub 5 for those who haven't seen my earlier post.

I think you're jumping the gun. I followed the instructions and my 5ghz connection doesn't "freeze" like it used to, it is severely impaired. I'm getting 20-40 mbps on my iPhone on wifi 5ghz right next to my router (IOS 7x). My iPad mini retina can now stream Pandora but netflix is still impaired to the point of being unusable. It's speed clocks in around 2mbps on average but jumps all over the place. 5kbps (yes kilobits) up to 18 mbps. On 2.4 it's very stable (just with the problems that come with 2.4 such as interference from other devices (like the microwave).

Hoping Apple fixes this sooner rather than later. It's very frustrating.

I have same issue 😟 - iPad Air, iOS 8.0.2 will connect to 5.0GHz ac WiFi, but no network traffic. Using 2.4GHz now, but it is not optimal as this frequency is congested where we live...

I am new to the iWorld. We recently bought our first iDevices - an iPad Air and 15" MacBook Pro Retina. I have been Windows guy for decades...

Is Apple always that slow to respond to (obviously) serious issues (excluding the no cellular network issue with iPhone 6 and iOS 8 release) ?

For the price they sell their devices (price we all have payed) I do not feel the support is up to par...

My MacBook will definitely NOT be getting Yosemite any time soon...

I have resort to using the following-

1. 2.4GHz

2. disabling Location services

With this setup my iPad Air with 8.02 seem more stable.

Using the 5GHz, the iPad will connect, works for a few minutes, and then become unstable and often website does not load.

I too am having the exact same issue on my iPad Air (on 8.02). Connection to 5ghz is completely unstable (disconnects constantly and is very slow). I've tried almost every recommendation in this thread (resetting network settings, turning of wifi networking, etc.). I also did a full restore, but the issues persists. I've currently disabled 5ghz, and it's been working on 2.4ghz for the last 2 days. Every other device I have (2 laptops, Nexus 5, iPhone 5s (not updated to iOS 8), iPad (original)) works with both 5ghz and 2.4ghz.

Yup add me to the list of affected iPads. Strange thing is that my iPhone work fine. 5ghz is a no go except on channel 100 for some strange reason Via my airport extreme router.

Apple please give us a fix soon.

MBinPotomac wrote:

iit's interesting that it only is an iPad problem. IPhone must have a different location algorithm involving cells.

My iPad is cellular (*NOT* wifi only). In my case, I held off updating my iphone pending a review on my ipad.

That said, unless I was mistaken, I recall seening a number of issues reported here with regards to iphones as well.

Add me to the list too. Ipad is essentially bricked by ios 8.02 and 5ghz problem.

To those whose solution to this is separate out your 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks. A. Why should people do that? B. Apple ought to fix their software C. Most people aren't going to be savvy enough to do this

uusing airport utility, go to advanced settings, select radio settings, change from < auto > to 2.4, update via save, then change back to < auto > and save again. Also update the < radio channel > settings via same method. The software glitch is that it does not refresh the airport or airport extreme settings

Add me to the list as well, Apple iPad Mini Retina with 8.0.2, 5G drops out, all other devices in my house (Macbook Air's, MBP, Airport express) all connect fine. I am also using a Netgear R7000.

Tom44, to your question about splitting the SSID's, I agree you shouldn't have to do this to fix what looks to be an IOS issue. But as a long time wireless network engineer, I can say there is a good reason to split them. As I am sure most folks know, there is a lot of junk in the 2.4G spectrum, so speeds tend to be slower but you typically get better range. With just the opposite for 5G (although with the new 11AC routers I am seeing fantastic 5G range.) So the benefit of splitting up your SSIDs between 2.4 and 5 is to all you to segregate your network devices. Devices that need maximum bandwidth should be on the 5G, with other devices going on the 2.4.

It's a control thing, if you don't have the need or care, then keep the SSIDs the same and allow all the wireless devices to decide which to connect.

FInally, this long running issue has been solved for me with the iOS8.1 update!!

I reset my BT Homehub 5 back to it's default settings rather than running with two separate bands and my iPad Air has been performing perfectly for the past hour.

Trevor, without wanting to to tempt fate, I think it has worked for me as well with the BT home hub. I've been using streaming services for the last couple of hours such as Amazon and Netflix and it's not cutting out consistently.

we shall see.