Comments on: [Solved] iPad WiFi Not Working

By: Chakri

Chakri — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:04:35 +0000

My problem was slightly different. The wifi icon was showing as connected but nothing was opening. So I asked the iPad to forget the network turned off and turned on the wifi again and rejoined with my password. And it worked!

By: kokye

kokye — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:35:59 +0000

it worked thank you very much

By: rouqayya

rouqayya — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:23:25 +0000

thanks .. it worked for me

By: ken

ken — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:17:00 +0000

Its kind of nice to know you are not alone with issues , sorry ! however still trying to resolve unable to join network with ipad and how do you set up static ip on ipad
thanks

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:04:33 +0000

We’ve got two DHCP servers. One is Linux and one is Windowz. Each run seperate wireless SSID’s. The Linux DHCP server is fast enough to keep up with the DHCP requests from iPad and it gets an IP address. The Windowz DHCP server can’t issue the DHCP request fast enough before the iPad gives itself a local IP (169.x.x.x) which is non routable.

For those of you that are non techy – look up “how to set a static IP on IPAD”

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:18:27 +0000

This is frustrating. I can’t change the 169…., and none of the responses (much less Apple) give a clue on how to do this. My iPAD version 3.2.2 does not have an option to reset wireless. What the hell? This is supposed to be the gold standard for personal computing? Wow. How about (a) something that works; and (b) in a manner and language that a normally intelligent person can use. What, am I out of line asking for this????

By: niffur10

niffur10 — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:45:54 +0000

Great fix! I spent 2 hours trying to solve this issue. This article resolved the issue in less than one minute. THANKS!!!!

By: mark sims

mark sims — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:27:45 +0000

The article is completly correct reset your network connections, if that doesn’t work your router is misconfigured or Ipad defective, if you get it makes a minute of no response to get a 169 address and even when it gets one it will keep trying unless in adhoc mode

By: oisee

oisee — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:34:44 +0000

Looks like I figured it out why iPad is so unpredictably stubborn sometimes. And I have found a real solution (not such pseudo-solutions as “turn off autobright” or “autofill”).

The reason of getting 169.x.x.x ip is that router’s DHCP-server is too slow for the jumpy iPad, and the server cannot give the iPad a correct ip (something like 192.168.0.x) quickly. So the jumpy iPad makes decision to get itself a 169.x.x.x.

The reason why router can’t manage to do it is: it’s busy with other tasks.

And that is why the full router-reset helps for a while. When the router’s RAM gets busy with junk tasks results in DHCP low performance, so it’s too slow for iPad’s DHCP client. And that’s why getting new modern AirPort Extreme helps too.

So, the real solution is: speed-up the DHCP-server on your good old router (installing latest firmware), OR just set up another DHCP-server in your subnet.

For example, I have a NAS (DNS-323), and i just turned on its DHCP-server and the 169-problem was just gone. It (DHCP-server) runs so fast, even for the jumpy iPad.

The subnet config is: good old router D-Link DI-642 192.168.0.1 (with DHCP-server’s range: 192.168.0.100-199), NAS D-Link DNS-323 192.168.0.100 (with DHCP-server’s range: 192.168.0.200-254).

So, now iPad just gets its ip from the fastest (second) DHCP server: 192.168.0.200.

You can set up second DHCP-server on your macBook or somewhere/somewhat else.

By: Badr

Badr — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:13:31 +0000

I still have thes problem , I have another IPAD and its work fine in the same network!
I try to reset my network many time but am still suffreing
Any Idea how to solve this issue , I have link sys router .
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