IPhone, WiFi, and Edge

I am using my iPhone in two different WiFi zones. Both assign IP addresses based on my MAC address. One also requires a password (which I successfully entered, and the iPhone remembered). The signal where I work in both places is maximum strength as acknowledged both by the bars on my iPhone as well as those on my laptop which has no problem with the signal in either location. In the one case, I am as close as ten feet away from the wireless router. The WiFi icon appears in the top status bar on the iPhone (although sometimes I have to enter/exit Airplane mode to get it there), it remains there when I bring up Safari, but the minute I start to traverse web pages, the WiFi icon disappears and is replaced by the Edge icon. The only way I have successfully been able to get the WiFi icon back is to either enter and exit Airplane mode, or power cycle the iPhone. Does anyone know how I can keep the iPhone "talking WiFi"?

As long as the WiFi icon is there, these all have the settings I would expect: I see the IP address I am supposed to have, the correct router, subnet mask, etc. As soon as the Edge icon comes back, however, they aren't. The IP address begins with "169.254...", and the subnet mask goes to 255.255.0.0. The router and DNS boxes are then blank.

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While it is theoretically possible to podcast over wifi, edge is not a timing sensitive protocol. The data gets there when it gets there and that is it. Even if edge had enough bandwidth to run the podcast (which it generally doesn't) it wouldn't be a pleasent experience.
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It sure would be nice if the iPhone could update podcast feeds via WiFi and EDGE. This would be great for more time-sensitive podcasts such as news podcasts and/or those updated on a daily basis.

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I don't understand your question at all. I think you are asking what the range is for WiFi on an iPhone. It meets the WiFi standard, which is 40 meters if there are no obstructions, much less if there is anything at all between the phone and the router. My iPhone meets the standard.

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I am presently using AirFoiI to stream audio from my PC to my iPhone. AirFoil uses the same protocols as AirPlay. AirFoil/AirPlay streams an Alac audio codec using a bandwith of 1,50 Mbs on average irrespective of the audio codec and bit rate of the source file.
The audio stream received on my iPhone through WiFi is send over simultaneously to my Bluetooth speaker.
When using AirFoil/AirPlay, I regularly hear distortions at the beginning of a track and also randomly when a track is playing. The distortions are a lot more when I move the iPhone around. I am almost 100% sure that these sound distortions are because of Bluetooth interference on the iPhone itself when simultaneously receiving an audio stream from AirFoil/AirPlay and sending an audio stream over bluetooth to my speaker.
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My bluetooth speaker supports the A2DP AAC audio codec. This was an important feature for me before I bought the device because the AAC audio codec provides normally a relatively good audio quality over Bluetooth. At the time it did not occur to me that there might be a possible Bluetooth interference coming from my iPhone itself. I presumed that the Bluetooth on the iPhone would use a 2,4 Ghz RF channel not in use by WiFi so that WiFi and Bluetooth used on the same device simultaneously could never distort each other. I was clearly wrong. Put shortly, the problems I encounter are presumably solely caused by the firmware/software on my iPhone. I hope this will eventually be resolved with some future iOs 8 updates. There were indeed many people having Bluetooth issues since iOs 8.
I know the best solution would be to wire my speaker optically with an AirPort Express or an Apple TV. I have not yet decided between the two.
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Now will this work:
Airport extreme set to BOTH frequencies and my older wifi stuff like Iphone and printer will automatically connect via 2.4GHz and Macbook will connect to 5GHz so that it will not longe be disruppted by bluetooth?
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what is the channel that the iphone recommends. just like the wii it wants i think 1 or 10. just today I started having problems with my wifi. I upgraded my routers firmware, i restarted both my iphone and router. I also even restarted the networking settings in my iphone and it was finally able to make a connection but not even worth using for some reason. I don't understand whats going on and thought it could maybe be a problem witht he signal?
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I had the same issue.
This is what I did... Delete the network from your iPhone's wifi settings by clicking on that blue arrow icon on the right of the network name. Then click on forget this network. Go to your wireless router and perform a restart. Turn off the iPhone and turn it back on. Go back to the wifi settings and reselect your network and you should be good.
Essentially restart both devices and add the iPhone as a new connection.
this will force the Iphone to chose a different IP address and not the one it keeps trying to use..
find more info here..
http://www.anyiphone.com/2007/06/30/iphone-wifi-tips/

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Try removing the SIM card and see if you can connect via Wifi. I get the same message, but then WiFi connects with no issues.

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Hey meggie,
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