Has anyone solved issues with iPhone 5 and iPad that won't connect to Netgear WiFi routers?

I was also having iPhone 5 connection issues while running 2.0.16NA, but I was concerned about rolling all the way back to 2.0.7NA. I was able to connect by using 2.0.12NA. No other issues... so far.


I had this issue at work when replacing an older AP with a Netgear WAG102.

All devices like laptops etc connected fine. All mobile devices connected fine apart from certain apple iPhones. Possibly ones on IOS 6...

I solved this by doing the following:

Downgraded the firware on the Netgear WAG102. It was on the latest 2.16 I think. I reverted it back to 2.07.

I then changed the SSID to something totally random. Rebooted and all devices including IOS 6 connected. No issues.

I changed the SSID back to my company name as before and IOS 6 devices bottled out!

Sounds weird but I got mine working.


We also have the Netgear WAG 102 wireless access points and I discovered something very interesting today. I have one WAG 102 that hasn't been updated to the latest firmware 2.0.7NA and my iPhone 5 can connect to it perfectly. The other access points that have been updated to 2.0.16NA and will not allow me to connect.


WG102 Netgear access points will not work with IO6 on the iphone or ipad if you are using the latest firmware. Downgrade your firmware on the WG102 to an older one and it will work :)


Well, iOS 6.1 seems to finally have solved the problem for me; after updating my iPhone 5 happily connects to the company Wi-Fi again. I haven't yet tried connecting with the iPad, but I hope that works as well.