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iPad mini My Mini is getting a weaker wifi connection than my iPhone 5 and iPad 3
- Thread starter Jacoblee23
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I went through 2 minis and neither one had good wifi reception. I fixed it by replacing the POS with a FS iPad and everything works as it should. The bonus is having a legible screen.
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My mini is working absolutely fine and getting full wifi reception after adding the MAC address to my Airport
My mini is working absolutely fine and getting full wifi reception after adding the MAC address to my Airport
Your iPad 3 doesn't support 40MHz wide channels on the 5GHz band, which has a shorter range, so it takes the 2.4GHz signal, which is stronger and as far as the iPad is concerned, as fast.
The iPhone 5 does support 40MHz wide channels on the 5GHz band, but it's reception is balls, and hence it connects to the stronger 2.4GHz band as well.
Your iPad Mini has a decent antenna, hence is able to establish a reliable signal on the faster 5GHz band, but the signal is weaker than the one on the 2.4GHz band, which results in the two bars.
Getting a Netgear Dual-Band WiFi extender will fix all of that - and you can take it with you, as well.
The iPhone 5 does support 40MHz wide channels on the 5GHz band, but it's reception is balls, and hence it connects to the stronger 2.4GHz band as well.
Your iPad Mini has a decent antenna, hence is able to establish a reliable signal on the faster 5GHz band, but the signal is weaker than the one on the 2.4GHz band, which results in the two bars.
Getting a Netgear Dual-Band WiFi extender will fix all of that - and you can take it with you, as well.
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