Actually Esther that's exactly how I eventually got it on there. It will do fine actualy until my new router arives.
D On 11 Sep 2012, at 18:39, Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi Dónal, > > This is not a permanent fix, but what happens if you change the assignment > from DHCP to a static IP address? If you go to Settings > Wi-Fi and then > flick right to the "more info" button for you selected network and double > tap, you can read the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS, and Search > Domains under the DHCP tab. You can switch the selected tab from "DHCP" to > "Static" by double tapping, and then you can enter values in all the same > fields, including a valid IP address. > > I'm not sure what you mean about your iPad getting a self-assigned IP -- do > you meant that this is not a valid IP address even though the address seems > legal? (On my Airport Express the addresses are 10.etc.) Can you manually > switch to the IP address of one of your other connected devices (which you > take off of that address) and have your iPad connection work? > > The only Wi-Fi router related iOS connection problem I've had was time-outs > dropping the connection on my first device (iPod Touch in early 2010), an > that only happened when I was on a WPA encrypted network and near the edge of > coverage. That was because the energy saving settings on the device would > drop the connection if there wasn't a fast enough response from the Wi-Fi > network to indicate this was currently in use. So unless there was > continuous network use, the connection would periodically just drop. If I > streamed a low bit-rate radio station in the background with ooTunes that was > enough to keep the network connection up (under the default DHCP setting for > my encrypted home network), and then later I found that if I switched the IP > settings to static and copied in the address from the DHCP assignment, that > would also keep the connection up without having to stream anything in the > background. What was weird was that this only happened on this one network > with WPA encryption and when I was farther from the router; it wouldn't > happen on any open Wi-FI network, or ones that were WEP encrypted. > Eventually, there was an iOS update that fixed this, and I didn't have to use > the static IP address. Changing the DNS lookup address didn't help in this > case, although that work for some people. > > I assume you're only having this connection problem with your home Wi-Fi > network, and your iPad can connect elsewhere? > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Sep 11, 2012, at 3:22 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> This is one for the networking gurus on list. I'm no expert in this so I'm >> baffled. >> >> My wifi connectivity is handled by an Airport extreme. Most devices on the >> network are connecting fine, except an iPad II which seems to connect, but >> is getting a self-assigned IP (169.etc)). I've tried forgetting the >> network, resetting all network preferences, restarting the router but all to >> no avail. Anyone any thoughts. >> >> Dónal >> Dónal Fitzpatrick >> dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
