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In some circles, Apple Wi-Fi devices are knows to have problems with lost connections. iPhones and iPads will unexpectedly miss incoming calls, have delays in receiving push notifications and even be forced to reauthenticate. There is a solution to Apple devices' connection problems, and as with most "device problems", the fix resides on the infrastructure. The DTIM setting needs to be increased. ( Apple recommends a setting of 3 or higher .) Here's why: Some Apple Wi-Fi connection problems stem from Apple iOS devices' use of 802.11 power management. To understand what Apple devices are doing with power management, one must first understand how 802.11 power management works. Let's start with unicast data. The 802.11 standard allows devices' Wi-Fi radios to enter the Doze state in order to conserve battery life. Wi-Fi radios in the Doze state are unable to receive data from the AP, so APs buffer all unicast data that has a destination MAC ...