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WiFi to iPhone 7 with iOS 13 Will Not Stay Connected to T3200M Router
Have had an ongoing problem with all versions of iOS 13 on my iPhone 7 dropping my home WiFi connection. My recollection is that this issue has started with the "upgrade" to iOS 13 and was not a prob...
- Is Smart Steering turned on? If so try turning it off. You will need to create a separate SSID for each WiFi band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) so keep the SSID for the band used by the most devices and create a new SSID for the other band.
EXACTLY my issue.
My Telus wifi was excellent until I bundled everything & I got Optilk TV. Since then for some strange reason, only with my sons & my iPhone do we have trouble with Wifi. Often/all the time I have to either turn the wifi off/on or change the network to get it to connect. Then it works for awhile. But then same old, same old for no apparent reason. No problems with the TV's, laptops anything. Just with the iphones and ipad to a degree. So I went ahead & got the boosters (hoping that will fix the problem) which I hooked up but then unhooked cause I didn't want to have to sign into 15 or so devices (btw, do I have to connect to the booster on all my devices or can I keep some/any/all connect to the 5g, or 2.4 network even while the booster is hooked in & powered up?).
So I think it must be something quirky about Apple products & the Optk TV modem.
Btw, can someone walk me through "I’ve had problems with iPhone and hidden SSID in the past. Just use a good password.".
What does this mean/how to do this?
Hogan wrote:Btw, can someone walk me through "I’ve had problems with iPhone and hidden SSID in the past. Just use a good password.".
What does this mean/how to do this?
It means don't bother using a hidden SSID as a security measure. Your best security is to use a strong pasword (a long multi-word based password with a mix of casing, numbers and symbols).
I switched to a fixed IP for my iPhone. It worked for about 3 hours yesterday. It now does not work about 2.5 hours after signing in this morning. Not a solution.
What do you think about manually setting a fixed IP address assigned to the iPhone MAC address?
I have seen that theory about power saving being an issue when searching for a solution on the web. On a quick look it seems turning on the power saving is an option and does not happen automatically. Just downloaded iOS 13.3 and am praying there is a fix.
So it sounds like there is an issue with the OS layer not reading the state of the WiFi connection properly from the hardware layer. I don't own any Apple products so I'm just guessing here but is there any power saving features on the iPhone that may be turning off WiFi and not turning it back on properly?
Yes, I recall that both the Router and the iPhone show it as connected, but when you use an app that needs Wi-Fi, it comes back saying they are not connected. Then when you try a second time it connects immediately.
RonAKA wrote:Well, the relief by allowing the broadcast of the SSID was short lived. Just tired the iPhone Stocks app and it timed out and gave me a message saying I had no network connection. This is while the icon at the top of the screen says I am connected to a network, and I'm sure if I checked in the WiFi Settings it would show connected to the right network as well. The second try on the Stocks app after it timed out, worked almost instantly. I have no idea what is causing this, but it seems the iPhone thinks it is connected but it isn't.
It must be almost time for another release of iOS 13 with a faint hope they may fix this issue...
Does the T3200M show your iPhone as a connected device when this happens?
Well, the relief by allowing the broadcast of the SSID was short lived. Just tired the iPhone Stocks app and it timed out and gave me a message saying I had no network connection. This is while the icon at the top of the screen says I am connected to a network, and I'm sure if I checked in the WiFi Settings it would show connected to the right network as well. The second try on the Stocks app after it timed out, worked almost instantly. I have no idea what is causing this, but it seems the iPhone thinks it is connected but it isn't.
It must be almost time for another release of iOS 13 with a faint hope they may fix this issue...
