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[XKCD]

Quite related. If I was to Facetime someone, in my house via WiFi and they're on the same WiFi (My house) my whole router would just clog up and crash until I do a hard reset. Security services such as filtering and forwarding would reset for the duration as well.

I've since changed my router, and recently got a Samsung S3.

[Slacker8]

Whew! I'm not crazy! I have been having the same issues as everyone else. What finally revealed the culprit was the other night when my daughter arrived home from work with her iPhone 5. My gaming rig is located above the garage and once she arrived home and the garage door went up the wifi/router/modem crashed. Usaully I have to hard boot but decided to venture downstairs to be sure she was home. Once I returned back to the computer the network had reset itself and all was fine. I noticed that the thread was a little old and apologize for reopening it but this network/wifi crash/reboot is driving me crazy. Has anyone found an "easy' solution yet?

Thanks,
Slacker8

[Rob van Walbeek]

**** UPDATE ****
It seem to be a problem with newer iOS versions. (as mentioned earlier it would be no problem in the past, iPhones were on the WiFi network).
Now with update to 6.1 (and higher, 6.2 already available) the problem is resolved. Iphones and Ipad that have updated to newer iOS can connect again without disrupting the WiFi network.

[Rob van Walbeek]

*** Update (again) ***
We're back to mac-banning all iPhones. All iPhones are on iOS 6.1.2 and within 5 minutes on connection to the wireless network (does not matter from which access point) the modem/router crashes and reboots, causing network/internet failure for all computers and devices conected to that modem/router through various switches . It is certainly not a DHCP problem, checked that. It seemed to work with iOS 6.1.1, but considering these recent failures again, I'm not that sure anymore. And we're 100% certain that it is the iPhones and not the laptops or Android phones on the wireless network that cause this. This was discoverd by elimination and just try and try one device at a time.

[AppleMakesMyRouterCrash]

Hi all,

Just created a Neowin account just to post my reaction here... as I'm frustrated as h!#ll since I'm searching for a solution for soooo long. This seems the only place where people have concluded (like me) by elimination trials that it simply HAS to be something to do with Apple product's Wi-Fi connectivity. I hope some of you might have some new insights and experiences to share!

For more than a year now I'm having the exact same experiences as described above. Summarized: it seems my router crashes when an apple device (could be 2011 iMac, iPhone 4s or iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 3, all different OS versions...) tries to make a connection to my router or has just been able to get a connection for a couple of minutes. As others report, it seems to occur mainly when people 'come home' and devices are 'added' to the wifi DHCP. After the router's wi-fi has 'crashed' all devices will default back to using 3G or LAN if available. (mostly LAN keeps working, sometimes all internet connectivity is gone...)

Strange enough I though it were the mobile devices who only caused this erratic behavior, until I bought a brandnew iMac (mid 2011, Mountain Lion updated continuously) which couldn't hold a Wi-Fi connection for a day. Same experiences as with the Apple mobile devices.

Also, to confirm the experiences of others, I ONLY have this problem with Apple products. Every other platform or brand works seamlessly in combination with my router for a month or so. (Including use of torrents and all those other probable causes / usual suspects...) Try to use some Apple products and I won't have to wait a single day before problems start occuring. It almost seems like some fundamental flaw in the connectivity stacks of both OSX and iOS.

Anyone solved the problem or got some tips to futher diagnose the problem and trace the origins? It seems I can't find anything in the logs on either the router or my iMac...

Thanks in advance! Hoping we can combine our knowledge to squash this thing once and for all. (or at least find the culprit... as the router manufacturer will point to Apple and Apple obviously points to the router manufacturer..)


(P.S. My router is a TP-Link WR1043ND and its 'SYS' light stops blinking (either in On or in Off position) as soon as the Wi-Fi stops working, which seems to only occur when an Apple product has tried to logon or has connected a little while.)

Greetings from The Netherlands!

[JJ_]

I've never managed to crash my routers wireless even although I've successfully crashed others' by using the IP Scanner app.

Its odd that your networks are crashing after devices using ios 6.xx connect. Maybe there is something ios6 devices do that the routers fall over. To the poster above, Google your TP Link routers part number and DD-WRT for instructions on setting up DD-WRT on it. I'd like to see if you get the same issue