bobgoldstein
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Q: ipads have wifi troubles

Recently two ipads which had worked well before, have started to drop off their wi-fi connections in my house.

 

Before, this never happened.  But starting a few days ago, both started to lose connections, and sometimes fail to reconnect when I log into the nework.

 

Now this seemed to start when I installed the beta version of Yosemite, 10.10.3 on one of my two desktop macs. Both MACs, and my wireless printer, worked fine, but the iPads started to cause trouble.

 

I have regressed that one iMac back to 10.10.2 and the problem is partially solved.  That is, the time between lost connections is increased.  But it still happens, especially when one of the ipads is in the part of the house a bit far from the Airport Extreme.

 

Am I encountering the 'wireless trouble' that have plagues others since the advent of 10.10? Is there still a set of users having this type of problem?

 

Anything i can do to fix it?  before installing that Yosemite beta, I had zero problems with my wireless.

iPad Air, iOS 8.2

Posted on Mar 12, 2015 4:48 PM

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  • by bobby_d,Helpful

    bobby_d bobby_d Mar 15, 2015 12:57 PM in response to bobgoldstein
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    Mar 15, 2015 12:57 PM in response to bobgoldstein

    Hi bobgoldstein,

     

    It seems you are experiencing wireless networking issues on multiple devices. I have linked to an article about Wireless Diagnostics, a tool included with Macs which may help you find a solution:

     

    About Wireless Diagnostics - Apple Support

     

    Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.

     

    Take care,

    Bobby_D

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    bobgoldstein bobgoldstein Mar 15, 2015 10:16 PM in response to bobby_d
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    Mar 15, 2015 10:16 PM in response to bobby_d

    Thanbks for the advice, and I am going to run Wireless Diagnostics to see what it comes up with.

     

    I found anothewr Apple support document on my own, and it recommended that I reset my Airport Extreme.  That appeared to stop the occassional disconnects, so I think I am back to reliable operation. I feel fortuante that i didn't have to give up my Bluetooth mouse and keyboard!