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iPhone won't connect to R8000
I use the R8000 for my Home network. Both my iPhone and iPad won’t connect to the normal WiFi Access Point but can connect to the Guest network. When I check my iPhone / iPad I see that they don’t ge...
Had enabled the network Access Control before, and you were able to connect to the router from the primary (non-guest) Wi-Fi?
if yes one might guess this has changed with the recent iOS 14 update. Any related mis-credit related goes to Apple for defaulting all existing wireless configurations on the device to the tin hat "private Wi-Fi addresses" -> Use private Wi-Fi addresses in iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 - how to disable it for your network names/SSIDs is part of that document.
Had enabled the network Access Control before, and you were able to connect to the router from the primary (non-guest) Wi-Fi?
if yes one might guess this has changed with the recent iOS 14 update. Any related mis-credit related goes to Apple for defaulting all existing wireless configurations on the device to the tin hat "private Wi-Fi addresses" -> Use private Wi-Fi addresses in iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 - how to disable it for your network names/SSIDs is part of that document.
Hi ,
Network Access Control was the Solution! It works, thank you!
IPFred wrote:Network Access Control was the Solution! It works, thank you!
Well, the real solution would be to disable the "private Wi-Fi addresses" feature randomizing Wi-Fi Mac addresses as there is no reason for not using the real hardware address on a home or business WLAN.
But it wasn’t Network Access Control that was causing the problem! I use a separate Access Point (AP) to cover my garden. Both Router (R) and AP use the same SSID and key, but different channel. The AP lost connection to the R. So, when my iPhone was close to the AP, it got a connection but no IP. After switching off the R, the problem was gone…