iOS 18.6.2 device refuses to connect to Wi-Fi.

Selahattin CILEK selahattin_cilek at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 13 17:38:38 UTC 2026


On 3/13/2026 3:17 PM, Alan DeKok via Freeradius-Users wrote:
> On Mar 13, 2026, at 7:45 AM, Selahattin ÇİLEK <selahattin_cilek at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Because when I remove the *guest* virtual server, the iPhone connects. I tried in vain to get to the bottom of it for quite a while, trying anything i could find on the Internet. And I still have no idea why.
>    The answer is in the debug output.  Your configuration does not do what you think it does.  It won't help to search the internet for "why is my configuration wrong".
So what is exactly wrong with my setup? It would be lovely to know.
>
>    All you need to do is:
>
> a) configure one virtual server for situation A.  Ensure that it only runs for that situation, and not for any other
> b) configure a second virtual server for situation B.  Ensure that it only runs for that situation, and not for any other
> c) enable both virtual servers at the same time.
>
>    It's that simple.  No need to search the internet.
Unfortunately I can't do that. This is a production environment and this 
is the first time every I have had to use virtual servers.
>
>> In my opinion the "multi-instance" solution is a simpler and therefore cleaner alternative to the "multi-virtual-server" one. It's not like I'm short of any resources. There are many components at play and getting them to work somehow gets exponentially complicated when you opt for a complicated setup.
>    It's only simpler because you don't need to debug the configuration.  Which means you're not really sure why the configuration works.
I tried to, very hard. FreeRADIUS is a very complex piece of software. 
It's not easy to figure out what is where in a huge multi-stored 
building when you are new there and you're not the architect.
>
>    Two virtual servers are substantially simpler than running two full copies of the raddb directory.
>
>    Again, in 20+ years of doing virtual servers, the FreeRADIUS team hasn't seen a need to run two independent copies of raddb.  Virtual servers are simpler, and work fine.
>
>    Alan DeKok.
>
>
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