iPhone SE DHCP problem with iOS 12.0.1?

My iPhone SE has suddenly stopped receiving an IP address from my dhcp server when it connects via WiFi. The only recent change that I can think of is that the phone upgraded to iOS 12.0.1.


Other devices (Android phones, Windows desktops and my iPad 2018 using iOS 11.4.1) connecting via WiFi have no problems getting an address and accessing the internet. It is as if the DHCP request, if sent, never reaches my DHCP server (Windows 2008 R2). The iPhone assigns an automatic address (169.254.x.x). Renew Lease doesn't do anything visible. For the 2 years prior my iPhone SE had no problems. My WiFi is provided by a Linksys WRT3200acm linked to a Comcast router in bridge mode. The DHCP server connects to the Linksys router. This environment has been unchanged in several years. The same phone can get IP addresses when connecting to other networks, and if I assign a static IP on the phone it operates normally on my network. It seems to me to be some sort of incompatibility between the phone and my Windows dhcp server. Anyone got any ideas how to diagnose and fix this?

iPhone SE, iOS 12.0.1, recenty updated from iOS 12

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 8:12 PM

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Oct 25, 2018 8:04 AM in response to angusfromalpharetta

I have the same issue on an iPhoneX and on an iPhone 6 (both just recently updated to iOS 12). DHCP server (windows server 2016) serves addresses to all computers and android devices on the network. But both iOS device refuse to get their address.


On the DHCP server logs, I see 1 of the 2 iPhone actually asking for a lease renew and the server grants it. But both device default to an auto configured 169 address range. If I manually configure a static address, both device work correctly.


No changes have been made for months in the network infrastructure and it used to work.

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