ios 11 slow wifi speeds

Updated my 6s and now my WiFi speeds are at a crawl mostly under 25mbs in the same room as a laptop getting 75mbs download speeds.


I’ve done a Forced Restart

Toggled WiFi on/off

Forgotten WiFi networks

Reset WiFi networks

Turned off Location Services


Etc etc etc


The only thing I have done is reset the entire phone 📱


Anyone else reporting these issues?

Posted on Sep 20, 2017 11:19 AM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2017 9:52 PM

I have found two fixes for the slow WiFi issue of iOS 11:


1: switch to a 5Ghz WiFi network instead of 2.4Ghz

2: if you don’t have a 5Ghz option, then turn Bluetooth off.


Both of these put my 6s’ WiFi download speed back to where it should be. The speed was cut in half by iOS 11 and it took me days to figure out the root cause and to identify these two fixes.


Hopefully Apple will fix this issue soon. Good luck.

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Oct 5, 2017 7:07 AM in response to ChazThePhoenix

After plenty of testing, iPads (Air 2 / 10.5), iPhone 7 Plus (after reset all settings) are working fine on WiFi.


6 Plus is erratic on WiFi. Seems keychain is messed up between the 6 Plus and the Air 2, which are linked via wife’s iCloud account. I’ve reset her phone and no luck. Just so weird. Hit or miss. Sometimes gets consistent speeds, then reverts back to getting lousy speeds. Has to be some conflict in software. Just will have to be patient for fix.

Oct 12, 2017 8:36 AM in response to fidola13

I have some of the same issues.

IPhone 8, 256 gb.

Use airport extreme and expanding Wi-Fi with the latest airport express.

When I'm closest to the extreme I have around 140 Mbps. When I'm closest to the express I have around 45 Mbps.

When I go back to the extreme I still have around 45 Mbps.

If I toggle the Wi-Fi off and on again in the iPhone, I get around 140 Mbps on the extreme.


It's even worse on my iPad air.

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