Asus RT-AC68R and IOS 8

[Engineer]

I've read on the apple forums, as well as have seen this on Youtube.

On your iDevice - try entering 8.8.8.8 under the DNS setting.

It seems to work for many people (and not just for 20 minutes like the other 'fixes').

This was Google's master plan to track all of the iCrowd!

 

[sdm2048]

I have disconnections problems with my iPad air, if it is paired to 5Ghz band.

Simply after a standby (during standby seem to be stable the wifi) I unlock the device, and after 3-4 seconds wifi icon is still present near "iPad", but iPad air stop to download-upload data.

I need to turn off and on wifi. No problem with 2.4Ghz band.

I tried to restore network setting, re-paired the device to the wifi, but nothing, problem is still present.

I have a AC68U and the coverage of 5Ghz band is very good where I use the iPad air. What can I do?

Now I set it to 2.4Ghz band.. But AppleTV and two iPhone (5 and 5S) works well with 5Ghz Asus band...

I am having the exact same issues. I have the latest Merlin build on my RT-AC68R. Everything was working fine, but as soon as I upgraded my iPad Air to IOS 8 it continued to lose the wifi every 2-3 seconds while on the 5Ghz band. Switching it to 2.4Ghz caused it to work flawlessly again. Definitely related to the IOS 8 upgrade, it was fine prior to that and it only causes issues on my iPad Air.

 

[sdm2048]

After reading the Apple link in this thread and trying some things out I found that the steps below worked for me. I can now use my iPad Air on 5Ghz again under IOS 8. Hopefully this helps others as well.

1) On the iPad go to Settings/Privacy/Location Services/System Services and turn off Wi-Fi Networking there.
2) Connect to your 5Ghz wifi and click Renew Lease.

 

[oversim]

After reading the Apple link in this thread and trying some things out I found that the steps below worked for me. I can now use my iPad Air on 5Ghz again under IOS 8. Hopefully this helps others as well.

1) On the iPad go to Settings/Privacy/Location Services/System Services and turn off Wi-Fi Networking there.
2) Connect to your 5Ghz wifi and click Renew Lease.

Ok I'm trying this.. I'll let you know..
Btw this problem happened before iOS 8 update too..

 

[oversim]

Ok I'm trying this.. I'll let you know..
Btw this problem happened before iOS 8 update too..

No.. I didn't work for me...

 

[ngerasimatos]

I didn't know where else I could ask this but I thought this would be a good place to start.

There are a few people that are having WiFi issues after updating to Ios8.

After doing some research I was reminded that Apple implemented MAC address randomization when the device is scanning wifi networks.

Well if this device is connected and scanning for wifi networks at the same time wouldn't the router think it needs to dish out a new ip address thus for a split second that device would have 2 ips, confuse the router and then bogging down the entire network?

Am I reaching or crazy?

I was trying to find a setting that said "turn off MAC randomization".

While using location privacy option. The new setting allows users to restrict apps from determining their location unless the app is in active use, preventing apps from collecting location data in the background unless explicitly authorized to do so. This would have no effect on your stability. I would suggest backing up your data and doing a wipe of the device, then restoring your data back. This has resolved similar issues for me in the past when moving between major IOS releases.

 

[oversim]

I tried to disabled location service regarding wifi, I tried to give to my ipad air a fixed ip, etc etc.. Nothing.
Saturday I booked an appointment with a genius in the apple store nearest to me... I wish to get a fix, or a new device..

 

[ngerasimatos]

I tried to disabled location service regarding wifi, I tried to give to my ipad air a fixed ip, etc etc.. Nothing.
Saturday I booked an appointment with a genius in the apple store nearest to me... I wish to get a fix, or a new device..

Did you backup, wipe, then restore your device?

 

[sfx2000]

This isn't ASUS specific, but if you've updated your iDevice firmware over the air vs. iTunes...

Go into General, Reset Network Settings, and you should be fine...

MAC randomization only applies if the device is not attached to an AP already, if attached, it uses the native MAC address.

One thing you might consider - check rMerlin's FAQ for the following item:

nvram set wl0_reg_mode=h
nvram set wl1_reg_mode=h
nvram commit
reboot

It's not that MacOSX/iOS was bugged, but that some ASUS devices had incorrect settings, and the Apple devices are rather particular there.

sfx

 

[oversim]

Did you backup, wipe, then restore your device?

wiped in DFU, then configured as new ipad.