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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.
Yes, there is currently one Android phone, Samsung tablet, and an Asus laptop all operating fine off the WiFi as well as one Optic TV wireless station.
I have my SSID hidden, and have done so for years. I wonder if that confuses Apple? It has never been a problem with anything else. I realize that it is still easy to discover the network, but I think it tempts the kids less if they don't immediately see it on their network list.
Forgot. No dropouts on those other devices connected.
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I’ve had problems with iPhone and hidden SSID in the past. Just use a good password.I will give it a try. There seems to be a somewhat new problem now too. It takes about 5 minutes to connect to the network in the morning when I turn the phone on. It keeps trying to cell service because the WiFi is not connected. The difference between that and when it drops out, is that in the morning it actually shows the network is not connected. When it drops out later in the day, it shows as connected, but it is really not connected. The phone does not seem to know what it is doing.
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?
