[X4U] Re: Problems with wireless connection

[Ken Johnson]

So, it is caused soley the wifi on your iPhone - and your wife's  
identical iPhone doesn't have the same effect...  then I would have  
Apple look at it.
One other question - if you use your iPhone in someone elses house,  
does it crash their wifi?

Ken

On Jan 8, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Richard H Stoddard  
<richardstoddard at mac.com> wrote:

> Bluetooth is never on, at home location services are usually off, 3G  
> is usually on (now that I usually have wifi off). If I turn on wifi,  
> my connection drops instantly. I can restore it by turning AirPort  
> off/on, but it will drop again shortly. If I turn off wifi on my  
> phone, the connection will restore and not drop again until I turn  
> on my phone's wifi. So it does look like the wifi is the culprit.  
> Why my wife's phone doesn't affect it is a mystery.
>
> Sent from my iPhone.
>
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Ken Johnson <kenjohnso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Have you tried varying the iPhone's configuration to see which  
>> service is the culprit?
>> wifi on/off, bt on/off, cell on/off ?
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Richard H Stoddard <richardstoddard at mac.com 
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:18:13 -0600, Robert Salter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My parents were experiencing the same issue, however their main
>>>> problem was with the service provided Comcast - Comcast was  
>>>> actually
>>>> "interrupting" the service by sending out an account verification
>>>> "signal." What we did to correct this situation was to establish a
>>>> second "location" using the Network preference. This corrected the
>>>> issue because, as I understand it, Airport will look for additional
>>>> locations is the signal from the primary or selected (default)
>>>> location is interrupted. It won't change locations, just pick up  
>>>> the
>>>> signal from the other, temporarily until the issue is resolved from
>>>> the default location. All takes place in the background. Adding a
>>>> second locations resolved my parents problem, hope the information
>>>> helps with your issue. Sorry for the delayed response.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your suggestions. For the moment, however, I think I've
>>> identified the problem - my iPhone. Whenever I have the wifi  
>>> turned on,
>>> I have these problems. If it's off, everything works normally. I'm  
>>> not
>>> sure why it is happening, because my wife's phone doesn't interfere
>>> with my laptop's wifi connection, but it does. I've tested numerous
>>> times to ensure it wasn't just a coincidence, and it does seem to be
>>> the cause of my problem. I hope someone here can suggest what to do
>>> about it or that an update from Apple will address it.
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