IPad mini, iOS 6.0.2 flakey wifi

Not so much a question as a moan. All my other iOS devices appear to have stable wifi at home.. The iPad shows signal strength constantly fluctuating between 2 and 3 bars on the indicator. My router is a Draytek 2820. Have played with channel numbers and just using 802.11n - no change.
Using the speedtest.net app I can see my data speeds at 12Mbps dropping down to 5Mbps when the signal is playing up.
Still plenty good enough to stream but annoying. As I recall the peri stalled iOS seemed to work well. Perhaps I'll try a reset.

Since the vast majority of iPad mini users are not having WiFi problems then, if you are having consistent WiFi problems on all networks, you very likely have a hardware problem with your iPad mini. This probably cannot be fixed by any iOS software update. The iOS 6.0.2 software fix likely was for a bug that only showed up with certain access points or network configurations. The only way to get your problem fixed is to get your iPad mini replaced by Apple. The fastest way to do this is via the Apple store but you can also arrange for replacement if you contact Apple support.

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