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WG102 fails with iPad / iPhone with iOS 6 and WPA2 / AES - urgent fix necessary!
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after upgrading my iPad 3 to iOS 6 it constantly fails to connect to WiFi with WPA2 and AES - hidden or broadcasted SSID - at home and at work because the device does not accept the WPA2 password. This is also the case for my iPhone 4S but both devices did work with WiFi (WPA2 / AES) perfectly with previously installed iOS 5.1.1.
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I tried to downgrade to iOS 5.1.1 but it seems to be no longer possible to downgrade for both iPad 3 and iPhone 4S as the certification and signage window for iOS 5.1.1 maybe has been closed by Apple.
The odd behaviour seems to deal with a firmware issue of the installed Netgear WG 102 APs that all do not allow the connect of iOS 6 devices with WPA2 / AES enabled :-(
Does anyone know about a possible solution to connect to WiFi with WPA2 and AES with iPad 3 / iPhone 4S and iOS 6 upgrade to Netgear WG 102 APs?
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Thank you very much for any help and advise.
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Best regards from Germany
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Matthias
- The downgrade to 5.0.1 DOES work. It fixed connectivity with my two IOS 6 devices, my wife's iPhone 5 and my new iPad Retinal screen. It does not appear to have caused any connectivity issues with any other devices to go down to 5.0.1 :)
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- Link for Netgear source code is in my sig. The WG did come out 8 years ago. How long should they support it? I don't have any wireless equipment over 4 years old in my networks. I really don't know how long other equipment manufacturers continue their firmware support. And again, if Apple stuck to the standards they wouldn't have so many wifi issues.
- Your claim that it is an Apple fault is completely unsubstantiated. iOS 6 & 6.0.1 connect just fine to firmware 5.0.1 and to almost every other vendors hardware. There is no proof whatsoever of what the actual fault is.
There are significant Disassociation problems with 5.0.1 so it's really inappropriate to suggest that Apple cannot adhere to standards when clearly Netgear's own firmware has had bugs.
These devices were still available for purchase as recently as 12-18 months ago, and they have a hardware warranty until 2039. So yes I would expect there to be support for considerably longer than is currently being given.
I would also hope that Netgear would consider allowing companies to provide their own support by releasing source code, under an appropriate NDA, in the event that they wish to cease providing firmware support earlier than hardware support.
Are you seriously suggesting that Netgear's product range have a useful production life of less than 4 years?
The point is that my business is suffering and Netgear have it in their power to enable me to at least try and diagnose the fault but are refusing to do so. - I just picked up one of these devices and had the same problems with iOS 6 devices and was running 2.0.16 and could not connect. Dowgrading to 2.0.12 fixed the problem.
- The downgrade to 5.0.1 DOES work. It fixed connectivity with my two IOS 6 devices, my wife's iPhone 5 and my new iPad Retinal screen. It does not appear to have caused any connectivity issues with any other devices to go down to 5.0.1 :)
- I agree that the downgrade to 5.0.1 allows iOS 6 and 6.0.1 to connect. I have never said it doesn't but when we run firmware 5.0.1 we get an unacceptable number of disassociations making the service unworkable.
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