WiFi at my house?
I have been having on and off trouble with the wireless internet in my house for about 5 months now. I can take my MacBook anywhere that offers free wifi and connect perfectly; however, in my house I can be standing directly in front of the router and my airport not list my router in available networks. Sometimes the connection will be listed but it will not let me connect. The computer will try to connect until it says connection timed out. Other times it will show that it is connected but the computer is pulling a local ip rather than one assigned from the router. I have tried two routers (a belkin and a linksys both wireless G) and have the same problem with both. My girlfriend can connect flawlessly with her Dell. I am baffled by this problem...any suggestions?
Make sure the router has the latest firmware. Try changing the channel from default 6 to 9.
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Thank you!Problem persisted after fixes were done so wife called apple today. Their fix is to turn cellular off when in the house and turn it back on when she leaves- the 4 doesn't keep the password so she has to enter the password too... This wasn't a fix ...it's just resolving the connection problem... They also said that they made ios6 have security features so nobody can hack into the wifi without having the password and it has to be entered to use the wifi. My 5 and the iPads stay on with no problems. It's just the 4. So far so good...she's had wifi all day when home. It's inconvenient but it's either completely reboot it with iTunes (which doesn't work for her) or buy a new phone and she won't do that either.
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Hello srpeters5,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with Wi-Fi on your iPhone. You have taken some really good steps to troubleshoot this issue already. I found an article that includes a few additional steps you can try. You can skip any steps you have already taken.
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M. -
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Nothing you can do but physically look for it. If it's offline it can't be tracked.
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Apple - Support - iPad - Wi-Fi Assistant
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Hello all,
[sorry for my englsih]
We need to have a Wifi access between 2 houses separated by 270 meters.
We think to buy an Aironet 1240AG (AIR-LAP1242AG-E-K9) access point but we don't know which antenna to choose.
I can install the antenna on the roof of my house and access point inside house.
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