iPad Pro Broken WiFi on M1 iPad Pro

[Enco]

Unlocking the device shows WiFi is connected but nothing loads. After a few minutes it appears the connection is back but the speeds are around half what they should be. Every other device is perfectly fine.

On 14.6 11” M1 iPad Pro.
Happens with both 5 and 2.4ghz.

Anyone else having issues?

 

[sparksd]

Unlocking the device shows WiFi is connected but nothing loads. After a few minutes it appears the connection is back but the speeds are around half what they should be. Every other device is perfectly fine.

On 14.6 11” M1 iPad Pro.
Happens with both 5 and 2.4ghz.

Anyone else having issues?

Have you tried doing a reset on network settings (General->Reset->Reset Network Settings)? You would have to log back into your network afterwards but oftentimes this can help clear out issues.

 

[Enco]

Have you tried doing a reset on network settings (General->Reset->Reset Network Settings)? You would have to log back into your network afterwards but oftentimes this can help clear out issues.

No dice. Tried it and still showing it’s connected with no actual internet activity going through.

 

[ericwn]

An interesting issue! Does it persist in other WiFi networks?

 

[AutomaticApple]

Unlocking the device shows WiFi is connected but nothing loads. After a few minutes it appears the connection is back but the speeds are around half what they should be. Every other device is perfectly fine.

On 14.6 11” M1 iPad Pro.
Happens with both 5 and 2.4ghz.

Anyone else having issues?

Yeah, I'm also having issues.

 

[secretk]

I wonder if it is M1 or iPadOS issue. I have 2018 11 inch iPP and recently I encounter WIFI issues too. It claims to be connected but nothings gets loaded. I end up toggling off and on the WIFI and then it starts working. This started since maybe 14.4. Not sure if it is the same issues as yours or not.

 

[Chazani]

No issues here with my 12.9 here. mind you my home wifi is the Shaw blue gateway modem. Even at my parents home, same kind of modem I have and 0 issues connecting.

 

[Enco]

An interesting issue! Does it persist in other WiFi networks?

Not able to test this as only at home at the moment.

I wonder if it is M1 or iPadOS issue. I have 2018 11 inch iPP and recently I encounter WIFI issues too. It claims to be connected but nothings gets loaded. I end up toggling off and on the WIFI and then it starts working. This started since maybe 14.4. Not sure if it is the same issues as yours or not.

Yea I get this + also get lower speeds intermittently.

iPhone is a lot more reliable at reaching max speeds.

 

[HerbertDerb]

12.9 M1 here, no issues on wifi at all.

 

[tazdevl]

What kind of router are you logging into? I’ve got an Asus AX88U and have spent hours trying to figure it out. Started with ipadOS 14.5 and 2018 IPP 11, daughters ipsd then 2021 12.9 and 11 IPP.

TL DR try disabling Agile Wifi Multiband in router settings/config, remove network from iPad, reboot iPad and add network back.

Cannot update - no WiFi

Except that I am on WiFi. This is only happening on my iPad. Phone, Mac, and Watch all updated no problem. Anyone else seen this? As you can see from the icon in the upper right - full WiFi.

forums.macrumors.com

 

[secretk]

Yea I get this + also get lower speeds intermittently.

iPhone is a lot more reliable at reaching max speeds.

Yes, as a whole I feel that the connection is slower compared to my laptop (Windows) and my iPhone. I do believe that it is a bug though because I have had the iPad for more than an year and I just started having issues 2 months ago.

 

[GSWForever8]

Return it. You can still return it, right?

 

[Enco]

Could return it yea but if it’s software then not worth the trouble.

 

[belictony]

I wonder if it is M1 or iPadOS issue. I have 2018 11 inch iPP and recently I encounter WIFI issues too. It claims to be connected but nothings gets loaded. I end up toggling off and on the WIFI and then it starts working. This started since maybe 14.4. Not sure if it is the same issues as yours or not.

I also have this issue. i believe this bug happens when we disconnect WiFi using control centre(which doesn’t really turn off WiFi) and enable it back when we need it. At the time of reconnection, it looks for the last connected access point and if within range, it shows connected but nothing loads. When you go to the WiFi settings, it shows “no internet connection”.

for now the only workaround is to turn off WiFi in the settings app and enable it back.

 

[TheRealAlex]

Unlocking the device shows WiFi is connected but nothing loads. After a few minutes it appears the connection is back but the speeds are around half what they should be. Every other device is perfectly fine.

On 14.6 11” M1 iPad Pro.
Happens with both 5 and 2.4ghz.

Anyone else having issues?

Anyone know if the M1 iPad Pro is even truly WIFI 6 compliant? Does it have the 6Ghz Band ?

 

[rui no onna]

Anyone know if the M1 iPad Pro is even truly WIFI 6 compliant? Does it have the 6Ghz Band ?

Iirc, 6GHz is for WiFi 6E.

 

[sparksd]

Anyone know if the M1 iPad Pro is even truly WIFI 6 compliant? Does it have the 6Ghz Band ?

According to -

https://9to5mac.com/guides/ipad-pro-2021/

"The iPad Pro uses 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6, simultaneous dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO, and Bluetooth 5.0 technology."

 

[TheRealAlex]

Iirc, 6GHz is for WiFi 6E.

Wait, it’s not WIFI 6E compatible?

 

[sparksd]

Wait, it’s not WIFI 6E compatible?

No. The iPhone 13 will supposedly support it.

https://www.macworld.com/article/33...ctrum-speeds-reliability-iphone-ipad-mac.html

 

[secretk]

I also have this issue. i believe this bug happens when we disconnect WiFi using control centre(which doesn’t really turn off WiFi) and enable it back when we need it. At the time of reconnection, it looks for the last connected access point and if within range, it shows connected but nothing loads. When you go to the WiFi settings, it shows “no internet connection”.

for now the only workaround is to turn off WiFi in the settings app and enable it back.

Interesting observation! Maybe we have more than one issue because this is not the case for me. I actually hate (!) Apple's implementation in the Control Center. I never use that toggle to turn off WIFI because well if I want WIFI off, I want it off. Not for specific connection or a day but off in general until I have decided something else.

Indeed the workaround is to turn off WIFI in Settings (which is the only way I turn off WIFi in general). Btw I notice it not just with regular WIFI router, but also when I use my phone for hotspot. It is 4G connection, definitely not worse than my 4G router but for some reason the iPP has issues loading stuff in the first minutes after connecting.

To me it is definitely iPadOS bug. I do not connect my iPhone to WIFI enough to tell you if iOS is affected as well.

 

[NickRno77]

Anyone find a solution/workaround. I’m getting this all the time on my Pro 11 M1 since I purchased it. Usually switching WiFi off/on gets the WiFi going again. I’ve tried everything.

 

[Ladon08]

Anyone find a solution/workaround. I’m getting this all the time on my Pro 11 M1 since I purchased it. Usually switching WiFi off/on gets the WiFi going again. I’ve tried everything.

Just curious, how often is “all the time”?

 

[NickRno77]

Just curious, how often is “all the time”?

A few times a day, bit random. usually after it wakes up.

 

[NickRno77]

Anyone find a solution/workaround. I’m getting this all the time on my Pro 11 M1 since I purchased it. Usually switching WiFi off/on gets the WiFi going again. I’ve tried everything.

just to let you know I tried all the workarounds, in the end I did a clean reset via Finder on my Mac (iTunes on windows) iCloud backup restored settings and apps …. So far so good for the last 2 days no drop outs.

BTW when I purchased the iPad it didnt have latest iPadOs, maybe there were issues with the old version which the iPadOS update didn’t fix ? Obviously the new install was a clean iPadOS 14.6…

 

[marclafountain]

I may be having a similar issue with an M1 iPad Pro dropping WiFi. I would love any advice anyone can offer.

I have a 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro and two Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 WiFi routers running Asuswrt Merlin 386.2_6 with AiMesh.

The M1 iPad Pro works well in all rooms of my home except one bedroom. In that bedroom, the M1 iPad Pro drops off WiFi completely after 2-3 minutes of use. I can turn WiFi off and back on, use WiFi for 2-3 minutes, and the problem repeats.

When WiFi drops, the router logs always say something like:

Deauth_ind 4A:31:20:33:0D:3F, status: 0, reason: Deauthenticated because sending station is leaving (or has left) IBSS or ESS (3), rssi:0

I don’t think this is a coverage or interference issue. When the M1 iPad Pro works for the first 2-3 minutes, it shows strong signal strength and data transfer is peppy. Also, two older iPad Pros, an iPhone 11, and an iPhone 12 all work perfectly fine on WiFi in that bedroom. Only the M1 iPad Pro has the drop-off problem in that bedroom.

From watching the router dashboards, I think perhaps the M1 iPad Pro is trying to switch between the 2.4 and 5 bands and something fails. But I’m not certain of that.

I have tried:

- Rebooting the M1 iPad Pro
- Forgetting the WiFi network on the M1 iPad Pro and adding it again
- Rebooting both routers
- Resetting the Network Settings on the M1 iPad Pro and adding the WiFi network again
- Reducing sensitivity of the routers’ Roaming Assistant
- Disabling routers’ Roaming Assistant
- Enabling and disabling WiFi Agile Multiband on all the bands of the routers

Nothing is helping. Anyone have any ideas for me?