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Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by cameronh90 »

Me and many others are encountering similar issues on Apple laptops since upgrading to OS X 10.8 (search for mountain lion wifi problems). Things that appear to help for me are running a ping to the router in the background, or disabling WPA 2.

Also, iOS 6/OS X 10.8 users are having trouble access points at my workplace, while other devices appear to be working fine. Since OS X 10.8, I'm also having trouble connecting it to my Samsung Galaxy S3's WiFi hotspot, whereas my girlfriend's 10.7 laptop is connecting without issue.

That said, every OS upgrade seems to have a bunch of issues that affect a small number of users, and the current ones don't seem particularly abnormal.

Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by SigmundA »

X-Istence wrote: post #10

I have an iPhone 4S and my Wifi is WPA2-AES secured and I haven't had any issues with Wifi in any locations that I've used it.

I have a 4S and my home WiFi with AES is nearly unusable (extremely slow and major packet loss), I have to disable WiFi and use cellular. Was working fine with iOS 5.

At work my iPad3 is doing the same thing with our AES WiFi but working fine at home.

Also WiFi tethering is not working with similar issues between the two devices but bluetooth is fine.

Again iOS5 had been working perfectly for a year on these networks. I am not happy.

Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by baddox »

untog wrote: post #3

I think that by now, everyone should have learned the lesson to not buy anything the instant it comes out. It seems like every first batch of hardware has issues, and every major software revision requires bug fixes. The very simple solution is to wait. I always wait for the first major patch to OS X before upgrading, and a couple of months before new hardware. While I don't have the latest shiny gadget, my life is a…

I think another simple "solution" is to realize that these issues are probably way rarer than the press seems to indicate. I got my iPhone 5 on release day, and haven't had any of these problems. Same with my iPhone 4 and "antennagate." Maybe I'm just fortunate to avoid these issues, but I've seen no reason to not upgrade immediately.

Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by jlgreco »

spindritf wrote: post #5
untog wrote: post #3

I think that by now, everyone should have learned the lesson to not buy anything the instant it comes out. It seems like every first batch of hardware has issues, and every major software revision requires bug fixes. The very simple solution is to wait. I always wait for the first major patch to OS X before upgrading, and a couple of months before new hardware. While I don't have the latest shiny gadget, my life is a…

> I shudder whenever I see someone upgrading the development machine their professional life depends upon to the new version of OS X on release day. The Arch Linux demographic.

Doesn't Arch use rolling release? Kind of the opposite I think.

I use Fedora these days out of laziness, but rolling releases was one of the things I really enjoyed about Gentoo. Far less upgrade induced stress.

Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by mertd »

jlgreco wrote: post #15
spindritf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I shudder whenever I see someone upgrading the development machine their professional life depends upon to the new version of OS X on release day. The Arch Linux demographic.

Doesn't Arch use rolling release? Kind of the opposite I think. I use Fedora these days out of laziness, but rolling releases was one of the things I really enjoyed about Gentoo. Far less upgrade induced stress.

Rolling release is favorable in that sense. I prefer dealing with a single problem every other month or so as opposed to many things breaking all at once.

Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by jlgreco »

mertd wrote: post #17
jlgreco wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't Arch use rolling release? Kind of the opposite I think. I use Fedora these days out of laziness, but rolling releases was one of the things I really enjoyed about Gentoo. Far less upgrade induced stress.

Rolling release is favorable in that sense. I prefer dealing with a single problem every other month or so as opposed to many things breaking all at once.

Exactly. It's also much easier to rollback one change with a regression with a rolling release system than it is when that single change with a regression came packaged with hundreds of other functional changes.

Kernel regression in Gentoo? No worries, boot the old one.

Kernel regression in Fedora? No worries, boot the old one... unless this was across an upgrade boundary. Then you get to have fun.

Re: Apple's iOS 6 Wi-Fi problems linger on

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Post by andrethegiant »

baddox wrote: post #13
untog wrote: post #3

I think that by now, everyone should have learned the lesson to not buy anything the instant it comes out. It seems like every first batch of hardware has issues, and every major software revision requires bug fixes. The very simple solution is to wait. I always wait for the first major patch to OS X before upgrading, and a couple of months before new hardware. While I don't have the latest shiny gadget, my life is a…

I think another simple "solution" is to realize that these issues are probably way rarer than the press seems to indicate. I got my iPhone 5 on release day, and haven't had any of these problems. Same with my iPhone 4 and "antennagate." Maybe I'm just fortunate to avoid these issues, but I've seen no reason to not upgrade immediately.

Exactly. I've been running iOS 6 since the first developer seed without a problem. The media treats each bug as an independent news story, regardless of userbase impact.
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