I need WIFI help...

when i was at the apple store a while back a woman had a similar issue. I would make an appointment at the genius bar if you can.

 

I have 2 iPhone's in my family, bought on different days from different stores... they both recently started not working on free WiFi... like at 4 different coffee shops I have been too. They work fine on my pasword protected home network... but out about the town they connect to the networks, but then can't find any servers. Same issue with YouTube. The only thing I fond in these forums was to perhaps try a restore, which I will do later today.

 

I am not a wi-fi expert, but I don't think that this is an iPhone-specific issue. I tried connecting to public wi-fi hotspots from the Nokia N800 Internet tablet. A lot of what you all are discussing here happened with that also.

The N800 would connect to a public free wi-fi location, but when I tried to access any web page, I would get a network error message. This is also happening with the iPhone at free, public wi-fi spots, but again, I do not think it's an iPhone issue. It's likely a universal wi-fi connectivity issue, I believe. Maybe it's an issue that affects cell devices moreso than laptops.

At home & at Starbucks, I have not had a problem connecting to wi-fi w/my iPhone.

 

I'm a wireless expert. It's obvious the issue with the wifi software on the iPhone.


Mine has been working perfectly...

 

Mine has been working flawlessly. I have been using it all week at free wifi spots around the DFW area. Havent' had a problem yet...Knock on wood!

 

Aloha everyone,

I've noticed that my wireless strength tends to vary, even if I'm lying on my bed the entire time! It's not too strange, as I've noticed the same thing on both my former PCs and my current Macs.

HawaiiMacAddict

 

yup

I've noticed this issue as well. I can connect to my home and work networks fine, never an issue. When I'm out somewhere and see an unlocked wifi signal 9 times out of 10 it will either not connect at all or it will "connect" and give me the check mark but when I go back to the home screen the wifi icon is not on and only the edge 'E' icon is on. Very rare to actually connect to a supposed free wifi signal.

 

But I'm trying to tell everyone, the same thing happened with the Nokia N800 Internet tablet.

I bought it a few weeks before the iPhone, but because it would not allow access to web pages on open wi-fi connections, and was not a phone with any web connectivity backup -- just an Internet tablet, I returned it.

The issues you all are describing about connectivity are identical to the N800's issue. I am not convinced that this is an iPhone issue as much as a wi-fi connectivity issue generally. Because of my experience with the N800, I sensed that the iPhone's wi-fi connectivity would not be reliable on-the-go.

Anyone? Opinions about my speculation?

http://www.nseries.com/products/n800/#l=products,n800