iOS 8 Wi-Fi problems

Contact baldy. He'll explain it to you.

don_wan wrote:

We have unfortunately been plagued by those with nothing genuine to offer themselves, calling out these posted "fixes" as examples where people have succesfully resolved the issues themselves, but without any actual evidence that the "fix" was not in fact just a temporary reprieve, and berating those of us who still have issues as they cannot accept even the very idea there might actually still be a real issue with iOS for some devices.

If we are to believe you why should we not believe them. What makes you correct and all those others wrong? Sounds like sour grapes to me.

I choose to believe them.

I have a 2gb download allowance on mobile plan and never get close to that over a month so use that to fill the gaps when wi-fi drops, do you not have cellular data?

don_wan, I understand what you are trying to say as do most others here. Thank you.

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That's not what baldy said. Get your stories straight!

There is a very interesting article regarding Wi-Fi issues and Discoveryd reported on another Apple thread. Re: ios 8.3 wifi problems with wifi??

The post by David Shanahan, May 8, 2015, Page 7, provides the details and a link to the article. I hope iOS 9 provides some solutions to those affected.

To anyone having Wi-Fi connectivity issues:

Please see my post directly above. As reported by David Shanahan, Apple's DiscoveryD networking routine has been blamed for the Wi-FI problems some are having with both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. DiscoveryD was introduced with iOS 8 and was not present in iOS 7 (nor in Mavericks). I recommend that those interested first read the article Shanahan linked, but of more importance, on June 30 Apple released an update to OS X (10.10.4) and replaced DiscoveryD with its former routine mDNSResponder for "improved networking reliability". Details can be found here:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/06/30/new.update.excises.troublesome.discoveryd .service.much.more.129295/

I updated my MacBook Pro to 10.10.4 and I am having no Wi-Fi issues whatsoever, in fact I can keep Bluetooth and AirDrop enabled and still retain excellent download speeds. With iOS 8.4 (which still uses DiscoveryD) my download speeds on my iPad and iPhone degrade to less than 1 Mbps if I turn Bluetooth ON. The article above does not mention when DiscoveryD will be replaced with mDNSResponder on iOS, hopefully soon.

10.10.4 Connections Worse than Before Update

Csound1 wrote:

10.10.4 Connections Worse than Before Update

All you do is tell other customers that they need to upgrade their router to resolve their issue, and insinuate how stupid they are if they don't agree with your advice. That would be all well and good if Apple stated that their new OS's weren't compatible with certain routers, but they haven't stated that. In fact, they appear to be trying to backtrack on certain code to rectify the issue. I do agree that a router upgrade could rectify the problem, but I do not agree that Apple customers should have to go to that expense unless Apple (and not you) states that.

I do agree that discoveryd is probably causing issues. I am not sure why it remained in iOS 8.4, hopefully it will be removed for iOS 9. I don't get wifi drop outs on my iPhone and throughput is reasonable. But ever since iOS 8 there are quirky behaviours. On Airplay I have Apple 2nd Gen and Airport Express (connected to hifi). I can swipe up control center on my iPhone and sometimes the airplay is there, other times it is not, or it may only show 1 of these devices and about 30 seconds later the other will finally announce itself. Sometimes they refuse to appear unless I turn off wifi on the iPhone and re enable it, then they faithfully show up. This never happened on iOS 7. And it never happens on my older iPad 2nd Gen or the iPad mini my wife has. I think there is something in the Bluetooth / airdrop / discoveryd causing issues on my iPhone. My iPhone has to have Bluetooth on all the time because I have the apple watch. I also like using an app for Western Digital 'My Cloud' to access my NAS drive. It was fine under iOS 7 but under iOS 8 on my phone it will be real slow intermittently navigating the folders, several seconds to load. But only within wifi environment, outside under 4G its all instant. So I think the airplay, discoveryd processes kicking in at home possibly cause this. I hope discoveryd is ditched and the old method is restored in iOS soon and these glitches go away.

elcpu wrote:

There is a very interesting article regarding Wi-Fi issues and Discoveryd reported on another Apple thread. Re: ios 8.3 wifi problems with wifi??

The post by David Shanahan, May 8, 2015, Page 7, provides the details and a link to the article. I hope iOS 9 provides some solutions to those affected.

So is the problem the way Discoveryd "interacts" with certain routers?

Stanky wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

10.10.4 Connections Worse than Before Update

All you do is tell other customers that they need to upgrade their router to resolve their issue, and insinuate how stupid they are if they don't agree with your advice. That would be all well and good if Apple stated that their new OS's weren't compatible with certain routers, but they haven't stated that. In fact, they appear to be trying to backtrack on certain code to rectify the issue. I do agree that a router upgrade could rectify the problem, but I do not agree that Apple customers should have to go to that expense unless Apple (and not you) states that.

I have no interest in your opinions, I consider you an uninformed source of information with a personal agenda.

Have a nice day.

Scottyboy99 wrote:

I do agree that discoveryd is probably causing issues.

I'm glad that you settled that for us

Same problem here! Thanks for help

Csound1 wrote:

Stanky wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

10.10.4 Connections Worse than Before Update

All you do is tell other customers that they need to upgrade their router to resolve their issue, and insinuate how stupid they are if they don't agree with your advice. That would be all well and good if Apple stated that their new OS's weren't compatible with certain routers, but they haven't stated that. In fact, they appear to be trying to backtrack on certain code to rectify the issue. I do agree that a router upgrade could rectify the problem, but I do not agree that Apple customers should have to go to that expense unless Apple (and not you) states that.

I have no interest in your opinions, I consider you an uninformed source of information with a personal agenda.

Have a nice day.

My agenda is to make sure Apple customers understand that a router that worked with iOS7x should also work with iOS8x, unless Apple states otherwise. I'm not exactly sure what your agenda is, but it seems to be considerably less informed than mine, and is primarily designed to antagonize Apple customers. Do you work for and/or have stock Android devices?

Have a nice day.