Thanks for suggestions. As a paid-up member for many years of the "Switch it off and on again" school of troubleshooting, I had already tried that. It was the "Forget this Network" and rejoining on the iPad that did the trick.
Stephen On 3 Aug 2011, at 09:57, Chris Webb wrote: > > Stephen, > > If this happens again, try switching the router off for 5 minutes then back > on. Sometimes the DHCP allocation tables can get 'confused' and require a > clear out which a power cycle achieves. > > Chris Webb . Partner > MacService > Woodside, Brightling Road > Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL > t: 01580 881212 > f: 01580 881313 > m: 07770 960632 > e: [email protected] > w: www.macservice.co.uk > > On 3 Aug 2011, at 09:47, Stephen Watson wrote: > >> !! >> >> Please ignore my last unfinished email … >> >> I told my iPad to "Forget this network". Reselected it and re-entered my >> password and all is now well. :) >> >> Interestingly when I looked at the IP Address, Subnet mask, Router and so on >> on my iPad they were all blank. Now they are filled with IP addresses. >> >> It seems that in the middle of browsing a web page, iOS decided to shaft my >> network connection on on its little own. Grrrrr. >> >> Sorry to have troubled you. >> >> Stephen When asked in 1997 what he would do to fix Apple's problems, Michael Dell famously told a crowd of IT executives, "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." By the way Michael, how ARE Dell doing these days? ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
