Wifi no longer automatically connecting

Updated 4S to iOS 6. Now the device no longer connects to known networks automatically. Have to go in and manually log in via settings. Anyone else finding this?

I am having the same problem. Especially when the signal is not full bars. At home I don't have a problem connecting, but at work where I sit the signal is kind of weak, not unusable, just not max signal. My phone used to, on iOS 5.1.1 connect right away and stay connected until I turned Wifi off to check my email. Company blocks web based email so I have to use celluar to get to it.
But now the signal comes and goes all the time and I have to often times go in and forget the network and reconnect it, which means I also have to enter the proxy settings.
Real pain.

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http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/281192-mac-will-not-automa ticcaly-connect-wireless-network.html
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- go get a cup of coffee, nature break, etc.
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gav1959 wrote:
Hi, I have recently had infinity installed, I have put the access code into my mobiles and they connect. However when I leave the house and return they no longer automatically connect - I have to search for the wireless router and then say connect - I do not need to put in the access code again. I just want it to be automatic like it was before walk into the house router connected! I am using a Blackberry 9900 bold. Blackeberry 9680 and an iPhone 4
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