iOS 10 using WiFi Networks without Internet Access

I am in the same predicament. However, the iPad seems to connect to the network anyway even though you get the no internet, or the login page. I just ignore that and close the screen. My iPad is able to connect to the XR12 device.

Are you saying your wireless devices can't communicate anymore? Did you verify all devices are in /16 subnet? That's 255.255.0.0

Have you tried resetting network on the iOS 10 device and re-entering static IP then reconnecting? If nothing works, your only option is to wait for iOS 10.x update. Sorry, I'm out of ideas.

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!!

Try adding a router and DNS address.

I can replicate this on my iOS device by adding a valid static IP but no router or DNS server. Add those and the error gets away.

I can confirm that adding a valid static IP, router and DNS address does make the "No Internet Connect" label go away in Settings-->Wi-Fi. Additionally, with that set, kSCNetworkFlagsReachable on IN_LINKLOCALNETNUM is true (in DHCP or without router/DNS set it is false).

However, I'm still unable to open connections (Socket, HTTP) to the router, even with the Static IP.

Did you confirm that connections were possible via Static IP/Router/DNS? Or just that iOS removed the "No Internet Connection" warning?

I've confirmed the behavior continues in 10.1.1

Adding a valid static IP, router and DNS address does make the "No Internet Connect" label go away in Settings-->Wi-Fi. Additionally, with that set, kSCNetworkFlagsReachable on IN_LINKLOCALNETNUM is true (in DHCP or without router/DNS set it is false).

However, I'm still unable to open connections (Socket, HTTP) to the router, even with the Static IP.

Hopefully you've chosen to also report or address this issue to the Apple Feedback

section most appropriate to a likely resolution; as a note, I have sent a link to this ASC

discussion and hope that someone there can look into it.

• Product Feedback

from selection of feedback links here:

https://www.apple.com/contact/

Seems like too good of a feature to not re-enable for special purposes as noted here.

Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

{PS: Note an error in post-time indicated here where local time is 11:44AM ADT

yet the time shown in ASC post suggests the time is after 7PM; Nov 2 2016.}

Here are the places to report bugs:

Get an account at

http://developer.apple.com/ then submit a bug report to http://bugreporter.apple.com/

Once on the bugreporter page,

-- click on New icon

-- See if you need to attach a log file or log files, clicking on Show instructions for gathering logs. Scroll down to find the area or application that matches the problem.

-- etc.

Developers:

"Submitting Bugs and Feedback

Your feedback goes a long way towards making our products even better. With Apple Bug Reporter, you can submit bug reports or request enhancements to APIs and developer tools."

https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/

Enterprise support:

Call enterprise support (866) 752-7753 to create a case ID number

Greg contacted Lantronix Technical Support, where I am a Senior Technical Support Engineer about this issue when using an iPad or iPhone running iOS 10.x to connect to a device using a Lantronix xPico WiFi as its WiFi interface.

I confirmed the behavior from an iPhone 6s+ running iOS 10.1.1.

I tried LACAllen's work around, setting up a static IP address and using the xPico WiFi's IP address for the Router and DNS settings. This caused the "No Internet Connection" warning to disappear, and allowed me to open the xPico WiFi's web configuration interface, and also to open a TCP connection to the xPico WiFi's serial interface, which listens on TCP 10001 by default and get bidirectional communication through the serial interface.

I've submitted a request to populate the Router and DNS fields from the xPico WiFi's Soft AP DHCP server in a future version of firmware.

We also request that Apple provide an option in a future version of iOS to revert to the iOS 9 behavior for stand-alone WiFi devices that do not require an Internet connection.

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

I'm having the same issue with my iPhone in iOS 10.2. I'm trying to connect to a OBD-II port scanner while using my iPhone's cellular data connection for internet. This used to work by just doing a static connection where I would enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask and nothing else. But now the iPhone won't connect to the scanner's network unless I use DHCP, which cuts my iPhone off from the cellular data connection.

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?

Matajen wrote:

However, there was no value for DNS, so I have no idea what value to enter there. Any suggestions?

Leave them empty. Leave router (or gateway) IP empty as well.