iPad suddenly will not connect
SIBLY1
Enthusiast - Level 2

Maybe its the iPad, but suddenly last night i can't connect.  In safari I get 'safari cannot open the pase because it could not connect to the server'.  other apps that need to connect also do not work.

I have the old actiontec mi424-wr router.  I went into the router and ran a ping test for the ipad and it passed.  so it is connected and working.  I tried power cycling the router, no change.  The wifi appears to be very strong according to the display on the ipad.  I'm in the same room with the router.

I looked at the router security log and see this on my latest attempt.  I do not know what to make of this.  I tried

Oct 6 09:42:17 2014 Inbound Traffic Blocked - Spoofing protection UDP 192.168.1.6:5353->{edited for privacy} on ixp0 [repeated 4 times, last time on Oct 6 09:42:24 2014]
Oct 6 09:42:16 2014 Inbound Traffic Blocked - Default policy TCP 208.71.42.215:993->{edited for privacy} on ixp0
Oct 6 09:42:15 2014 Inbound Traffic Blocked - Default policy TCP 31.13.71.33:443->{edited for privacy} on ixp0

what else can I look at?

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Re: iPad suddenly will not connect
SIBLY1
Enthusiast - Level 2

Argh, apple and their stupid users lol. Smiley Wink  I thought I had restarted the ipad as well but it seems I was not restarting the ipad correctly.  Did that, all works.  Oh well, maybe this will help some one else.