iPhone 4 : Can't browse on wireless network all of a sudden?

Draeger · 29 Aug 2010 at 09:25

My iPhone 4 has been quite happily connecting to my home wireless network since I got it a few weeks ago. I use Atomic Web Browser. However, since yesterday, the phone will find the wireless network fine and connect, showing it is connected to a wireless network but if I open up Atomic Web Browser ( or Safari ) it just sits and does nothing, the progress bar sitting with a tiny portion filled. Eventually it tells me "Could not complete request - Request timed out".

Any ideas?. I haven't changed anything in the settings on either the phone or the router ( O2 Wireless Box II ) and my laptop and another PC I have downstairs can connect to the wireless network with no issues.

Draeger · 29 Aug 2010 at 09:32

Strange - I just went into the settings on the phone for the wireless network and noticed a "Renew Lease" button. No idea what it did but I selected it and now the web pages are back to loading in perfectly at super fast speed. What does "Renew Lease" do?. :confused:

axer · 29 Aug 2010 at 09:32

I assume you've tried either resetting the phone or 'forgetting' your WiFi network and then re-connecting?

axer · 29 Aug 2010 at 09:33

Draeger said:
Strange - I just went into the settings on the phone for the wireless network and noticed a "Renew Lease" button. No idea what it did but I selected it and now the web pages are back to loading in perfectly at super fast speed. What does "Renew Lease" do?.

Gets a new DHCP lease from the DHCP server (normally your router)

Draeger · 29 Aug 2010 at 09:40

Ah right, thanks. Why do you need to do that then?. Can't recall ever having to do anything like that with my old 2G?.

axer · 29 Aug 2010 at 09:46

I think its just one of those things that can happen, forgetting the WiFi and re-connecting would have done the same with the addition of making you re-enter the WEP/WPA key in case that had for what ever reason got messed up.

I don't know if its related to iOS 4 but I get quite a few WiFi issues with my 3GS these days when trying to load vides etc (asks me to re-input WEP key etc).

Very odd!