iPad Pro Broken WiFi on M1 iPad Pro

[NickRno77]

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?

Try isolating 2.4 and 5 bands so your iPad is only bound to either one so it doesn’t switch.

 

[marclafountain]

I now realize that all WiFi devices in that bedroom have been using 2.4 rather than 5. My working theory is that the 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro is the only device able to get 5 in that bedroom, but it is a very precarious connection that drops often.

I see that Asus makes a WiFi 6 AiMesh network extender, so I am going to order one and see if I can improve 5 coverage in that bedroom. I live in Indonesia so it will be a few weeks before I have the extender and know whether it solves my issue. I will update this thread then.

Thanks!

 

[marclafountain]

In case it matters for anyone dealing with a similar issue, adding the Asus WiFi 6 AiMesh network extender has completely solved my problems. My theory remains that the 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro was the only device able to get 5 in that bedroom, but it was a very precarious connection that dropped often. The extender seems to have resolved this issue, improving both the 2.4 and 5 signals in that bedroom.

 

[d5aqoëp]

No. The iPhone 13 will supposedly support it.

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

Now even iPhone 13 doesn’t have it. Apple likes to delay important features. Those on Gigabit Fiber internet cannot max out their wifi connection because Apple purposely held back 160 Mhz channel width. With 2 stream Wifi 6 maxing link speed to 1200 Mbps, max 800 Mbps real world speeds are attained with mostly being in range of 300-600 Mbps all the time.

 

[marc55]

I'm having wifi and hot spot connectivity/dropping issues with my new 12.9" M1 iPad Pro; no issues with both our MacBook's, but the 12.9 doesn't seem to have a strong antenna like the MB's.

 

[DeepIn2U]

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.

Preach it sista!!!

- yes I feel not enough of our voices warranted Apple to properly turn this into a proper ON/OFF switch in Control Center which is annoying because Flashlight, Airplane mode and others are ON/OFF.

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?

Curious.
What if you disable your AirPlay via WiFi? I’m curious if that is disabled and you turn off WiFi entirely (Settings) for a few minutes, power off the iPP and retry if that works OR if you delete network settings before the reboot and re-connect to see?

Also check that router … is there anything at all enabled like Mac Filtering specifically that is preventing your iPad from connecting? Very curious about his part specifically since it’s a NEW iPad and I’m curious during the Wi-Fi 6E router you have if settings were imported or if you simply forgot to add the iPad Pro’s MAC address to allow connection?