Changed router to Eero mesh system today. Everything works well WiFi signal terrific, but location services not working at all. What could be the cause?
iPad mini 6, iPadOS 18
Your WiFi Router may be unexpectedly blocking internet access to one of more of Apple's back-end servers - while seemingly successfully passing traffic for other services and websites. If you have any VPNs configured on your iPad, or any security Apps (such as Norton or MacAfee), these may also be interfering with your network connection; ensure these are fully disabled and/or removed from your iPad.
A restart of your WiFi Router may clear a connection issue.
To restart you home router, disconnect power - then wait at least 30 seconds before restarting. When you router has rebooted (which may take several minutes), force-restart your iPad:
Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)
If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:
Force restart iPad (models with the Home button)
Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.
Only WiFi+Cellular models of iPad have GNSS/GPS capabilities - this being a function of the iPad Cellular chipset. WiFi Only models of iPad have no GPS capabilities with which iPad Location Services can derive location. This fundamental difference may significantly impact your ability to use mapping or other Apps that require accurate/precise location data - in particular if real-time positioning (e.g., a moving map) is required.
WiFi Only iPad models can only “infer” their location from a database lookup of neighbouring WiFi networks for which the geographic location is known, or the geographic location of your public IP address. For static applications in urban locations, where the location of IP public IP addresses and WiFi networks are known, an “inferred” location can be relatively accurate. However, in rural locations, or when using a Cellular/Satellite/VPN connection, location accuracy of an inferred location [if it works at all] may be very inaccurate.
Your WiFi Router may be unexpectedly blocking internet access to one of more of Apple's back-end servers - while seemingly successfully passing traffic for other services and websites. If you have any VPNs configured on your iPad, or any security Apps (such as Norton or MacAfee), these may also be interfering with your network connection; ensure these are fully disabled and/or removed from your iPad.
A restart of your WiFi Router may clear a connection issue.
To restart you home router, disconnect power - then wait at least 30 seconds before restarting. When you router has rebooted (which may take several minutes), force-restart your iPad:
Force restart iPad (models with Face ID or with Touch ID in the top button)
If your iPad doesn’t have the Home button, do the following:
Force restart iPad (models with the Home button)
Press and hold the top button and the Home button at the same time. When the Apple logo appears, release both buttons.
Only WiFi+Cellular models of iPad have GNSS/GPS capabilities - this being a function of the iPad Cellular chipset. WiFi Only models of iPad have no GPS capabilities with which iPad Location Services can derive location. This fundamental difference may significantly impact your ability to use mapping or other Apps that require accurate/precise location data - in particular if real-time positioning (e.g., a moving map) is required.
WiFi Only iPad models can only “infer” their location from a database lookup of neighbouring WiFi networks for which the geographic location is known, or the geographic location of your public IP address. For static applications in urban locations, where the location of IP public IP addresses and WiFi networks are known, an “inferred” location can be relatively accurate. However, in rural locations, or when using a Cellular/Satellite/VPN connection, location accuracy of an inferred location [if it works at all] may be very inaccurate.
some setting or missing feature in the new router
ipad wifi only do not have a gps chip so it purely rely on getting it's location from the wifi router it's connected to if it do not get one then it's dead in the water.
Location service not working on WiFi only iPad after changing to Eero mesh system. WiFi itself working fine
