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1Coops
Aspirant
Jan 03, 2024

WAX220 WIFI Disconnects on Apple devices

Please help, this has been doing my nut in.   WAX220 WIFI AP for some reason keeps disconnecting Apple Iphones for a minute frequently and causes calls on facetime to freeze and become unsuitable t...
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Jimmy2024
Aspirant
Mar 12, 2024

if you disable “auto join” in the apple wifi setting for the specific ssid you will probably find the connection drops and the WiFi actually disconnects. That’s what I found. 

with auto join enabled I guess the network drops, you lose access but the WiFi is reconnecting in the background. 

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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 12, 2024
Jimmy2024 wrote:

...  That’s what I found. 

with auto join enabled I guess the network drops, you lose access but the WiFi is reconnecting in the background. 

Ask to Join Networks [Off] | [Notify] | [Ask]

Auto-Join Hotspot [Never] | [Ask to Join] | [Automatic]

 

One of these, and set how?

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