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Roughly two weeks ago, my iPad 2 (64GB/3G/wifi), which I've had for about 18 months, suddenly reduced its ability to connect with wifi sources (in-house dual-band router) that I've been using for that entire time; full details are here. Note that my wife's iPad 2 (identical model, bought a little before mine) works just fine from the same spot (sees and connects to both bands, as mine used to, while mine now only sees one band and can't connect to it from that spot). At first, I thought it might be a side-effect of the latest iOS upgrade (6.1.3), but as noted, my wife's iPad works just fine and it's upgraded to 6.1.3 as well.
I've already done a lot of the usual remediations (reboot iPad, reboot router, etc.), none of which helped; it's pretty clear that the wifi in my iPad no longer works as well as it did. The one thing I haven't tried yet -- in case this is, in fact, some kind of software problem -- is a clean restore of the iPad.
Anyone else seen this problem and, if so, is there a solution? Please read the link above before making suggestions; I have a fairly strong technical background and, as noted, have pursued most of the obvious paths. Thanks. ..bruce..

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