http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/ Engadget Comments for Apple confirms iPad issues with dual-band WiFi routers, offers fix (sort of) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
thats too harsh. How many devices do you know that had no issue on its launch.]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
BRUSHES, man.]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/LMAO

I bet all those WiFi-only enabled iPad people are PISSED. The one feature that their device is dependent on and it already has problems? lol]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
it's all good, my mom still loves her ipad]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Many devices have problems out of the gate, but how many have their core functionality crippled? I mean, Apple says this provides the best internet experience EVER. You'd think they would have made sure that claim could be backed up right out of the gate.]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Snow Leopard causes me to drop my Wi-Fi signal all the time, i wonder if this has anything in common with it]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Yeah, those 3G iPad dudes must be mocking them hard.

Oh wait...]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
According to the article update:
Did you try turning up the brightness?

Seriously... wtf? Turning up the brightness? Sounds like an epic electrical engineering snafu...]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Dear Steve,

Just replace all the broken ipads. No big deal.

Consumer.

Sent from my iPhone (ipad not connecting).]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
I'm pretty sure no one has wasted $500. You know most products have issues like this on launch.

It's called a bug. Bugs like this get fixed]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/nah, that's cuz it's a GAMING device. GAMING. remember that. GAMING.

/s]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/I think SOME reported wifi issues (not widespread) is a small snafu, and easily fixable. If you want to talk about deficient core functionality, let's talk about the JooJoo.

But hey, I mean, clearly the iPad is a failure. Only 300k units in a day? Pssh. Just another flash-in-the-pan "fad" product from Apple, right?]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
I have two iPads with no wifi problems whatsoever. And if all it takes to remedy the issue is a quick reset who cares.

It could have been worse, there could have been a joojoo in the box when I opened it... ]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/you're a fool. You may be right about the "target market" for the iPad, but the early adopters are gadget people and/or apple diehards. Not the average consumer, who the iPad is ultimately aimed at. The people who bought the iPad this weekend, I bet, are quite aware of what dual-band routers are.]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
IT'S NOT A BUG. It's a feature.

This feature has just been announced as part of the Gen-3 release of the iPad.

Coming in Gen-2 is the ability to charge via USB on devices without an Apple logo.

Gen-3 will introduce a revolutionary concept of being able to connect to the same WiFi spots that every other device ever made can connect to.

In the meantime Apple would like to remind everyone that the iPad is still the most magical device ever created. Features slated for future generations are not deemed critical or important ... that is until they are released. For now, be happy knowing that you have the most advanced and important piece of hardware ever created by mankind. ]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Do sales numbers help us differentiate true success and failure? Do they tell the story of device superiority?

Using your logic the iPod line and iPhone are wildly amazing devices and really best in class for their categories. Unfortunately, Apple desktops/laptops/OS must then be considered a total and utter failure.]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
goto http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Repeater_Bridge#Instructions
and search for "[NOTE]" under Step 5. This is an issue with all wireless devices, and is not new]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
300k people buying a product sight unseen doesn't mean that the rev. 1 version of said product is perfect, or that the bugs it has will be easily fixable. It could, after all, be a hardware bug that is not fixable without opening the case and firing up a soldering gun. That's why I don't typically buy rev. 1 devices, no matter who is making them.]]>Apr 7th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Don't worry they got that covered! They will sort it out with a new iPad release next year! Jokes, should be fixed in the next OS update! I think the safest way to go is the wifi-3G combo! When one goes down, the other still runs!]]>Apr 7th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
I've never had this same issue with new equipment....

On a side note, I know this is a big issue for some people, but im sure apple will come out with a fix soon.]]>Apr 7th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/So the brighter the screen, the more power you waste and better WiFi you get. The more WiFi you use, the less power. So problem solved, except the battery last like what? An hour using all the things you want?lol]]>Apr 7th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Just stating the obvious here that if you don't have a multi-band router you PROBABLY won't have any wifi issues.]]>Apr 7th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/This sounds like a bug in the way ipad handles channel and security information.

So this should fix the connection drops, but wont fix the low signal strength or slow file transfers.]]>Apr 7th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
So just as I begin to read this article I get an email from a friend asking about this exact issue. Brightness control isn't working and he is trying the whole renaming strategy now. I'll let u guys know how it goes. ]]>Apr 8th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/it might be a bug, but god is it a big one, that and the other bugs that the ipad are suffering at the min.
boy would i be pissed if i had even one of these bugs, but to get more than one, youd feel like youd wasted your money big time]]>Apr 8th 2010 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://bit.ly/app-from-ipad-good]]>Apr 8th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/I don't have any issue with connectivity to my 3COM OfficerConnect 11a/b/g ]]>Apr 8th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/BTW - Apple is telling ppl in their forums that it's their router - and that they should buy an AirPort...

No thanks Apple, I dont need to spend any more money on your overpriced accessories for the iPad...]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
300,000 iPads sold in the first day. 250,000 iPads returned in the first week.]]>Apr 7th 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
Seriously?? I need a link to the thread that they're suggesting this. I need to convince my CEO that we don't need this device in the organization... All he sees is "OH MY GOD SHINY TOY!!"]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Buggy? More like mediocre. If it has been under development for quite a while already (even if it's a first-gen device), it must've had that as an actual feature, not an obstacle. If Apple was aiming for smooth wireless-N capabilities, this wouldn't had happened. Well, nothing's perfect on a first try, but it really is a failure (not such a big one, anyway) since it's their ads' bottom line. Oh well.]]>Apr 7th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/Apr 7th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/It could be that the location of the wifi (supposedly behind the apple symbol on the back) is less than ideal.]]>Apr 7th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
I believe it's just a problem with N routers, the iPhone doesn't have 802.11n the iPad does.]]>Apr 7th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
The FCC pictures place the antenna at end of the aluminium backplate, not middle. That would explain the reception problems.]]>Apr 7th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/apple-confirms-ipad-issues-with-dual-band-wifi-routers-offers-f/
YOu gotta be effing joking... Why do Apple fanbois always come to blame it on some other device. Even if the other device is the issue, which is a standard by the way, Apple should have done their homework since the main feature of the device is Wifi.]]>Apr 7th 2010 8:29PM