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iPad Wi-Fi Issues to be Addressed in Software Update

No issues at all for me. I've been connected to dozens of networks in the last month. Literally dozens. Have only had one drop. Never repeated. Latest Time Capsule, running WPA2. I stream baseball games, and it will run flawlessly for hours. Not saying others aren't having issues. Just reporting my experience.
 
I was in the limited number...

I have the forgotten password thing, and kills my home network every time I used it. Support told me to buy a new router. Hardly practical. I would have returned it, but it was past 14 days, so I sucked it up and bought a new router. Not happy about the additional expense though.
 
I have also connected to many networks and I have had no issues with my wifi. Though only one of the networks I have connected to uses wep.
 
No problems

Just as another data point, I have a 64/3G and haven't had any issues yet with WiFi.

Bars have been the same as with the iPhones (mine and 2 others), and 2 MacBook Pros with a dual-band Airport (and 2 Airport Expresses). Hopefully they will fix it for the people seeing the issues though.

saving107 said:
I have had zero issues with my WiFi iPad that I've had since launch day.

and yes, the couple thousand of people who visit these forums and complain are a very small number compared to apples 1 million iPad users (so far)

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ThomasJL said:
Apple's Wi-Fi problems can be described in one word: Aluminum.
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Might be a reason but then again there have been a plethora of aluminium products with OK to great wifi from Apple and other manufacturers. I believe use of aluminium would have required better antenna placement.
 
Probably won't fix WiFi issue until hardware refresh

I doubt the WiFi issue, the issue where the reception is terrible, can be fixed by a software update. If it could, I'm sure they would have included that fix. They will need to fix this for the next hardware refresh.

There's definitely a reception issue and I wouldn't consider this a "small" issue. I wish Apple would take more ownership of their products.

Also, where's my new Mac Pro with two six-core processors?
 
I've never had wifi connection issues with my wifi at home other than sporadic signal strength. But my connection is fast 99% of the time. I've connected to other secure connections with other routers and had problems reconnecting to those connections, but never have that problem at home.
 
For what it's worth, I bought the the 32GB Wifi iPad on Friday and I haven't had any connectivity issues in any of the wireless zones that I've taken it to.
 
Don't know about a small number, or we're unlucky, both of ours have wifi problems and those I've read about here who've exchanged theirs for another one 2-3 times have had the same thing over and over.

Not major problems, but the icon winks out for about half a second every couple of minutes (at home, at work, and on both Mifis - they can't all be bad routers!) and on one of the Mifis it is sometimes accompanied by a prompt for the pasword. It doesn't cause any grief, but it'd be a pain for any future apps that require a constant connection (games etc).

Good to see Apple addressing it, as I was sure they would. I didn't doubt that it was a software issue rather than hardware.
 
retroneo said:
Two iPads here do it on every network I've tested. The airport logo disappears momentarily then "Connecting" flashes up and it reconnects.
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This is what I'm seeing. I have connectivity throughout my tiny condo with a Linksys b/g router (old), but every so often the connection recycles in the fashion you describe.
 
Im curious but alot of people that are having problem are using verizon Fios Routers, there might be a compatibility problem with that router, I know I have had some trouble with mine, when I lose my signal and it prompts me for a password, I just hit the sleep button, then wake up and it finds it again
 
Peace said:
I don't have any problems with either one of mine inside the house or out in the city using public Wi-Fi.
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Same here! At home I use a Belkin pre-n router/access point and at work I use a Apple Airport Express. 😉
 
Jelite said:
Why are people still using WEP anyway, thats like owning a cycle lock and securing your bike with a piece of string.
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Not really. It's like securing your bike with a steel chain that most people can't cut, but every professional bicycle thieve has a special tool to cut it in two seconds. Your nosy neighbour won't know what you are doing if you are using WEP.

There may be legal considerations, where using WEP instead of an unsecured network puts listening to your network traffic in a much more serious legal category. Like even the cheapest look on your door makes it much more illegal for me to open it.

That said, obviously anyone should switch to WPA with a password that cannot be guessed.
 
Hope they don't fix the "always connected" capability

I LOVE the fact that the iPad does NOT drop wifi when it goes to sleep, unlike other smaller form factors I'll not mention. I really hope this was a design decision, not an oversight that gets fixed. The ability to have google pushed to my iPad, and to be able to pickup, swipe, and be online in a second is a plus. Since I never saw this documented, I've been fearing that it might go away with an update.
 
So I've waited nearly a month for Apple to admit to the problem. How long do I have to wait for the fix? My iPad is almost unusable on the internet. FIX IT STEVE!
 
PBG4 Dude said:
This is what I'm seeing. I have connectivity throughout my tiny condo with a Linksys b/g router (old), but every so often the connection recycles in the fashion you describe.
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Mine one night, sitting in the same room as the Airport Extreme, blinked the wireless three times in as many seconds. I've been sitting 8 feet from it and had the iPad drop the connection. Using the YouTube app is pointless most times. Very frustrating that other apps that connect to the internet bomb too.

And yet, sometimes it just rocks too. It's odd. I've also been in places where my iPhone shows networks and yet the iPad doesn't.
 
i have had 0 problems with ipad and an apple router (time capsule)

also i don't know if multiple different wireless networks around you can affect performance on some machines. i live in an apartment building with at least 5 other locked down wireless around me.
 
sndcj1 said:
I LOVE the fact that the iPad does NOT drop wifi when it goes to sleep, unlike other smaller form factors I'll not mention. I really hope this was a design decision, not an oversight that gets fixed. The ability to have google pushed to my iPad, and to be able to pickup, swipe, and be online in a second is a plus. Since I never saw this documented, I've been fearing that it might go away with an update.
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you'd think that's by design on the wifi model otherwise "push" notifications would be mostly useless.
 
Mine works fine but the from time to time the wifi bars completely disappear then reappear. Almost like it flashes. Always have full signal though.
 
Yes, I think it is a "small" number of people affected

I had a 64G wifi model that I sold on Craigslist and now have a 64G 3G model. Neither one had any wifi issues at all. I have a finished basement and could get a decent signal anywhere in my house. Not sure if it matters, but I have a newer AEB. I know that anyone having issues doesn't care about that, but I don't think it's as widespread as you think.
 
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