The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/stevew91 on 2025-02-22 10:32:31.

Does anyone know why only the apple products connected to my home wifi network stop connecting to the internet, while all other devices are fine?

I did some research and found an apple support page which outlines the recommended router settings, so I made the adjustments but it did not help.

I’m not an apple person so I’m not particularly familiar with the products but have above average understanding of IT and networks.

I need to use an iPhone for work and my partner uses an iPhone and MacBook and these devices will connect to the router (TP-Link Archer AX6000) but not to the internet. I have plenty of other non-apple devies on this network that have no issue at all. Internet works on the mobile network on the phones and when hotspotting the laptop.

Restarting the router does not help. There are no IP address conflicts and reserving addresses to these devices does not help. Restarting the devices does not help. Restarting the network adaptor does not help. The devices are all running the latest operating system updates.

Some reading suggested pressing the ‘Renew DHCP Lease’ button on the laptop, which worked once, but two days later the issue was back and now pressing the same button does not work.

Is this common for Apple products? What is causing this issue? How can we resolve it? Any help is appreciated.