A major annoyance is that of the iPad loosing its wireless connection to the iPhone (the phone being used as my Internet gateway). After I leave the two inactive for a period of time - perhaps 15 minutes or more - then come back for internet access, the iPad, OR THE PHONE, has dropped the WiFi connection and can only be restored by turning off WiFi on the iPad, turning off WiFi and the Personal Hotspot feature on the iPhone - then turning them all back on again. "Renewing the Lease" on the iPad only does not work, nor does any other partial sequence of the above operations.
What shows in the iPad network details is that the leased IP Address and the subnet mask are still present, but the gateway and DNS numbers are not. Meaning there's a path between the devices, but no path out to the internet.
Just before starting this thread writing, I re-established the full connection, then wrote down all the numbers. I then transferred those to the Static IP screen, and left the static ip tab highlighted. I haven't done anything else but type here since. I'm familiar with network protocols and IP addressing concepts, and realize that I'd need DHCP for any other connection... and I'm willing to make that adjustment when the time comes.
I'm hoping someone here might have some experience with this same issue and be able to make some other recommendations or comments.
Thanks!
Brian
Sent from my iPad using iCafe app
What shows in the iPad network details is that the leased IP Address and the subnet mask are still present, but the gateway and DNS numbers are not. Meaning there's a path between the devices, but no path out to the internet.
Just before starting this thread writing, I re-established the full connection, then wrote down all the numbers. I then transferred those to the Static IP screen, and left the static ip tab highlighted. I haven't done anything else but type here since. I'm familiar with network protocols and IP addressing concepts, and realize that I'd need DHCP for any other connection... and I'm willing to make that adjustment when the time comes.
I'm hoping someone here might have some experience with this same issue and be able to make some other recommendations or comments.
Thanks!
Brian
Sent from my iPad using iCafe app