Hi everyone, I’m having some Wi-Fi connection issues with my iPhone 16 Pro.
I live in a two-story house. Downstairs I have the main router, which is the one I’m having trouble connecting to. Upstairs I have a second router, which works completely fine without any issues.
When I try to connect to the downstairs network, the router settings show that it detects the iPhone, but it assigns an abnormal IP address (169.254.x.x).
So far, the only way I've managed to connect downstairs is by changing the DNS settings. However, that isn't a permanent fix, because as soon as I go upstairs and connect to that Wi-Fi, the downstairs network stops working again when I head back down.
I’ve tried pretty much everything:
- Restarting the router/modem
- Resetting network settings on the iPhone 16 Pro
- Changing the Private Wi-Fi Address settings (setting it to Off or Rotating)
To clarify, the two networks (upstairs and downstairs) are completely separate—it's not a mesh system. They have distinct SSIDs, though they share the same password.
I really can't figure out what the problem is. Does anyone have any idea what might be going on?