Phone either very slow opening or not opening at all websites on Wi-Fi at home

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#302786 20-Dec-2022 14:14

We use Starlink. Connected to that by Ethernet are 3 Grandstream Wi-Fi APs.

Using the Grandstream network my iPhone is sometimes refusing to open sites at all and sometimes does so after lengthy delay. If I switch to cellular the sites open fine.

The Internet connection speed is more than sufficient. Grandstream firmware is up to date.

There’s one Ethernet switch unit in the mix.

Any suggestions? I’m no network engineer, so I rebooted the Starlink unit and that’s it so far.

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#3012394 20-Dec-2022 16:16

Maybe try a different DNS server to the default ones supplied by Starlink

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#3012398 20-Dec-2022 16:25

It is caused by the “Limit IP Address Tracking” option under the connected WiFi network. Basically not all networks are supported by this and for some reason Apple products just sometimes fail fully to connect:

Normally, iOS devices should automatically disable it but it appears there is a bug that causes it to "keep trying" to connect.

Also ensure that iCloud+ Private Relay is disabled. You really don’t need this activated but basically this fires up a VPN that again is broken on some networks.

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#3012400 20-Dec-2022 16:26

Could be some sort of IP conflict...

what other devices are on the network? which device is running the DHCP server?

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#3012498 20-Dec-2022 18:40

Running pihole?
I had the same issue this fixed it for me.

BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR=true Or false I forget

https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/

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#3013569 23-Dec-2022 17:23

Try add manual DNS server in WI-Fi setting on the iPhone, just switched RSP myself and have had to change the DNS server address on all my devices manually as router still sending old address.