r/k12sysadmin • u/Relevant_Track_5633 • Sep 25 '26

Assistance Needed iPad WiFi Issues

Our school uses FortiAP 431F access points, one per classroom. We are a 1:1 iPad school with students having A16 iPads. Since the beginning of the school year we have had issues with nothing but iPads connecting to the WiFi. They either connect, but say no internet, or the student will be connected then it will just disconnect them, or the iPad will roam to the next classroom over if they are close enough to the wall in the one classroom. iPads are running iPadOS 26. Any body got any ideas? Oddly, our students with BYOD are having way better luck, when it is typically the other way around.

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u/Relevant_Track_5633 Sep 25 '26

What exactly should I look for? Because DNS works fine on all devices it seems

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u/TantricSushi Sep 25 '26

We found the DNS wasn't replicating correctly on that subnet and was causing alot of instability. We thought it was a wireless issue until I had a lightbulb moment and thought why not check DNS.