iOS 10 using WiFi Networks without Internet Access

Since I know a lot of use cases out of several industries that use these kinds of features where they connect clients to a local WiFi hotspot device without any internet Connection I really(!) hope Apple will release a fix in the next update!!

I have the same issue with a Silverlit Xcelsior drone. I have tried to solve it by using static IP address as recommended. For the values for IP address, Subnet Mask and Router, I just re-entered the values that were shown when DHCP was selected. However, there was no value for DNS, so I have no idea what value to enter there. Any suggestions?

That's disappointing. Just wait until there is some feature that you all of a sudden can't use, and then come back here and read your posted reply. Then tell me what you think.

I'm still hoping someone else comes up with a solution. Otherwise, we're dropping iPad's corporate-wide and moving back to Androids. We won't be a blip to Apple, but word gets around our industry pretty quickly...

Yeah "seriously." Speaking of tone, your comment of "your tens of thousands of iPad users need a niche feature or behaviour that is simply not available in iOS as currently deployed" had enough tone in that I didn't find your opinion helpful. I'm trying to add some context to this question (the OP's original question) and you start out with marginalizing the "tens of thousands" who might be impacted. I was doing, in fact, exactly what you recommended: directing people to a better resolution. Your comment wasn't helpful at all. However, for the sake of not feeding the trolls, I'll just bow out of the convo. Sorry to see that this thread is at a dead end...

Hi. If you don't contact Apple more formally, you should at least report this here https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html.

What should I add for router and DNS address?

I have tried that, but it didn't work. In an earlier post by LACAllen it was stated that those are necessary and make the whole difference.

You could do a forced reboot. The choice would be force quitting 50 apps or a forced reboot.

I don't think these restart the app, but I almost sure the forced restart would not.

Re-boot ipad.

Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until a red slider appears, then drag the slider. Then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201559

force power down if the above give you trouble.

Hold down both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button. Ten seconds or more. Hold until the Apple logo appears.

more details on re-booting:

http://ipad.about.com/od/iPad_Guide/ss/How-To-Reboot-Your-iPad-Power-Off.htm

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Hi. Are you using the ad-hoc network or internet sharing method, as described here Adhoc Networks: Create a Network vs. Internet Sharing? And what problem do you have when the iPad tries to connect to the network? I've read that it may take a little time to get connected. Does it reject the connection because there's no internet, or display the mysterious captive.apple.com page?

I'm not original poster, but I just updated to 10.1 and am still seeing OP's described behavior.

One note: I am using DHCP on the WiFi network, and the iPad appears to be receiving an IP address correctly.

@sgclef : is there any way to do that without a router? (i'm trying to use directly my macbook OS 10.11.6 to create the network.)

this is really annoying, using it also for performance, i specifically bought an ipad because my old android device didn't see the ad-hoc network on my mac. grnnn.

No because my mac is not connected to the internet. and i specifically don't want any of them to be connected to the internet. i only want my Ipad and my Macbook to communicate with each other (using osc) through an ad-hoc network. Just like the person who posted this thread in the first place, and for similar reasons (not wanting internet to mess with my devices during performance nor wanting to rely on a classic wifi connection which would mean huge risk of instability) .

(My ipad being on ios 10 too, i'm having the same trouble as he does...)

That's all fine, but to resolve the problem you will have to do some testing. You first test be to do something that is known to work. As a test, connect your mac to the internet and see if you can reach the internet from the ipad. The second thing is to connect to some app on the laptop. I suggest file sharing. Download some app and see if you can access the laptop from the ipad.

You setup isn't like the others. They were using a router. Your are not. It could be the laptop is sending out not connected to the internet like the router was.

R

I found this http://www.digitalyachtamerica.com/index.php/en/support/support-manuals/support- technotes?download=458:tech-00065-2016-c… interesting document which says that the default IP address for an ad-hoc network may no longer be acceptable to iOS 10. Do you know which address range your network is using?