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iPhone and iPadFailed to Connect iPhone/iPad to WiFi or WLAN | What to Do

Failed to Connect iPhone/iPad to WiFi or WLAN | What to Do

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

If you can't connect your iPhone/iPad to Wi-Fi or WLAN suddenly, what would you do? The reasons for you failing to connect to Wi-Fi could be simple or complex. Here are some solutions which may help you fix this Wi-Fi issue. Let's walk you through.

1. Change the IP address and connect again.

In this situation, you are sure that the network is available and password is correct. I would change my IP address and connect again. Every time I succeed so that I think this would also help you out of the trouble “Can't connect your iPhone/iPad to Wi-Fi or WLAN”.

Step 1: Enter Settings and select Wi-Fi (or WLAN).

select wifi

Step 2: Click the selected network to open its information.

click selected network

Tip: In this procedure, you can also tap the Info icon (i.e. the icon with an inverted exclamation mark) on the right of the selected network.

click info icon

Step 3: Open Static and input new IP address, subnet mask, router or DNS.

set ip address and other items

2. Tried the official suggestions to connect Wi-Fi again.

To help you connect to Wi-Fi on your iOS device, you can visit Apple official website and tried the following methods.

Check whether the Wi-Fi works or not.

Sometimes, your iPhone can not connect Wi-Fi because the Wi-Fi is no longer available. You can check whether other devices can connect the Wi-Fi or not. Also, make sure that you are within the range of the router. If you see such text under Wi-Fi “No Internet Connection”, you can check whether there are problems on the Wi-Fi network. For example, one day I failed to connect my iPhone with my home Wi-Fi and saw such text. I went to check my Wi-Fi device and found that it was out of power. Hope you will not do such thing as me.

iPhone can not connect to Wi-Fi

Restart all your devices.

If you think this just happen by mistake and you do not know what is wrong. You can do the simplest thing—restart all your devices, including your iPhone/iPad, router, and cable or DSL modem. Sometimes, one simple restart can solve many problems.

Reset Network Setting

As we all know that the Network Settings store much information about your preference and the data, it is the last choice to make fix an iPhone that can't connect to Wi-Fi. To do this, you need to tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

At last, if you still solve the Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone, you can ask Apple customer online services for help. It is the most direct and effective way.

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