I think. Maybe. Hopefully I’m not jinxing myself.
I can’t believe Apple would ship a device that is useless without working wifi WITHOUT WORKING WIFI. Oh wait, yes I can. I can also totally believe that Apple’s suggestion is to go out and buy a new router, and then configure it in a very specific way. Because of course, the most important Internet connected device we all own is the ridiculous iPad, right?
Ugh. Apple.
Anyways, most people already know that Apple recommends splitting, for example, giving your b and g bands two separate names. Because the average Apple user knows exactly what that means.
Well, that didn’t work for me.
I noticed that the iPad kept dropping the IP granted to it by my router, and not renewing it when it came out of sleep. The iPad apparently doesn’t know how to do DHCP. Brilliant. So I set up a static IP for my iPad.
That kind of helped, but the signal kept dropping. What I did today was drop the b and keep the g. That kind of helped also. But the damn thing kept losing signal.
So I switched my encryption type — which of course meant I had to go change it on every laptop, computer, phone, etc I have around here. Good times. That kind of helped too, but only for a while.
A few minutes ago, I switched off the g and turned on the b. Bingo. It actually seems to be working properly now.
tl;dr: static IP (no DHCP), b only (no g or n or whatever else), WPA-PSK encryption, cross fingers and pray, laugh your ass off that Apple would ship a wifi device without working wifi.
Apple: products that just work.
