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[h1w1nd]

I have my MBP in the kitchen along with my iPhone. They both have full bars on WiFi and never drop out.

I bring my iPad into the living room or kitchen and it drops out all the time. Even in my room it will disconnect and say "connecting" 4-5 times while using safari.

I've restored the iPad as new, I've tried reseting network connections in settings. Power cycled my router and modem.

Is there a solution for my problem? Or am i SOL?

Thank you

[Naviculture]

What type of security is on the router? WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA Personal, etc, etc?

I'd probably change it to WEP (slightly lower, i.e. older security), and then see if that makes a difference...

I know you did a restore as new, another alternative is to do a 'forget this network', and then reconnect, see what that does...

[h1w1nd]

Originally Posted by Naviculture

What type of security is on the router? WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA Personal, etc, etc?

I'd probably change it to WEP (slightly lower, i.e. older security), and then see if that makes a difference...

I know you did a restore as new, another alternative is to do a 'forget this network', and then reconnect, see what that does...

I'm using wpa right now on channel 11. Channel 6 was even worse, constant drop outs.

I'll try forget network, thx

[BrianT]

I'm using WEP and my signla on my iPad is always full and has never dropped since I bought it!

[cgordonn]

I was having issues with my iPads wifi connectivity as well. Apple knows what the problem is, it's a design issue with the iPad. That black plastic apple on the back of the iPad is the only entry point for the radio signal. I can be in the same room with both my iPad and iPhone and my iPhone gets a much stronger signal then the iPad does. So it's not a router, channel or security issue. My resolution was to purchase a Hawking Technology wifi repeater. I keep it in the room where I use my iPad the most and my connectivity issues have gone away.

[cardfan]

Exchange it.

[BrianT]

I disagree that its a set hardware issue or else the issues would be seen by mostly everyone and thats just not the case. I have heard of some people having a ton of issues and exchanging it and then having no issues at all. I would say return it to Apple for a new one and see if that helps.

[Big Dookie]

I would say to just keep adjusting network settings and see if you can find a combination that will give you more stable results. I was using WEP on channel 11 initially, and I was getting drop outs constantly. After I changed it to channel 8 and WPA2, I haven't had issues since. Just keep trying.

[Jellotime91]

WiFi issues are an ongoing battle for iProducts... I have my iPhone literally 5 feet away from my router while I'm in bed and it still has trouble loading videos, even while it claims to have full signal (and, my internet is 25mbps).

[MsEYE]

I've never had wifi problems with any apple product. Weird.