Odd tethering issues

[TW]Fox

[TW]Fox

[TW]Fox

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Hello chaps,

I have recently begun using a tablet connected to the Internet via my HTC Sensation using the portable Wifi hotspot.

It has been a surprisingly frustrating experience. Often, for no apparent reason, the Internet is chronically slow. As in taking almost 5 minutes to get to the point where I could post this thread kinda slow. Yet sometimes it performs perfectly.

So, network issues. But no...

When this is happening, which is more often than not, I have a perfectly strong 3G signal. The Internet on the phones browser works perfectly. And most interestingly I can use my laptop through the same wifi hotspot perfectly, too. Even when the tablet is struggling the Internet connection on my laptop remains perfect.

It's really confusing and is close to making the tablet useless for mobile web browsing.

The tablet works perfectly on conventional wireless networks. It is an iPad Mini.

Any ideas?
 
And posting that just worked fine. That's what's so odd. It either performs really well or it doesn't. It's totally intermittent.
 
Rebooting sometimes fixes it but the problem always returns. It's basically made the device worthless for mobile web use and I cannot understand why. Posting this on my phone as the iPad is yet again not loading pages despite being connected.

I don't get it. Never have this problem using my laptop in exactly the same way yet the iPad has done this on every trip since I got it.

Knowingly apple its probably got something that nerfs it as punishment for not buying the 3g model :rolleyes:
 
If that was the case surely it would affect browsing on my phone, too?

Just rebooted the iPad and its now working lightning fast as I would expect. I give it all of 5 minutes before it starts playing up again, though. Just seems to be no logic to it.
 
Cannot find server on every page now. Internet obviously working as I can post this on the phone

Can't even begin how to work out what this is. How can it be in intermittent issue only affecting one device? The iPad works fine on fixed WiFi.
 
It seems to happen with Bluetooth too. And I can tether any other device inc my laptop without any problems.

It's just the iPad mini that has a love hate relationship with tethering and I can think of no technical reason why this might be the case.

If it was carrier limiting then it would just not work rather than work great one minute and not the next. Plus I would expect anything like that to have as much if not more effect on the laptop.
 
I am still having this problem - infact, I have it right now.

I have connected both my Laptop and my iPad Mini to my HTC Sensation using the portable wifi hotspot feature to test.

The laptop is working perfectly - I am using it to post this.

The iPad Mini is behaving as if it has no internet connection. It gave up trying to load the forums after a minute or so and now says 'The server stopped responding'.


Edit: And now, as if by magic, the ipad works again. Oh wait, no, its given up again. I got about 30 seconds of browsing before it suddenly decided yet again that it wasn't going to load anything.

It HAS to be something to do with the iPad surely, or my laptop would be affected by this problem which it very definately isn't?

I have never had a single problem using Wifi tethering with my laptop but every time I try to do it with the iPad Mini it's very hit and miss and usually a hugely frustrating experience that.

I simply cannot understand what the problem could be? It is only when Tethering that the iPad does this. It works flawlessly on fixed wireless networks.
 
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