My elderly inlaws need "The Video Phone" to work. I'd like to drop ship a pre-configured iPad that just connects to Wifi / logs into iCloud so we can see each other.
In fact, the existing onsite iPad has been fine for two years until it was mysteriously auto-logged out of iCloud…
My goals are to:
- Configure a Wifi SSID / password in advance.
- Spoof or fake and store the MacAddress of a given SSID to pre-join their network.
What setup is realistic for this case?
Best Answer
To answer my own question - the answer is no, the SSID/MAC address of the base station is not paired up. Thank you all for the advise, the plan worked. Shipper at 100% power and received at 20%, auto-connected to WiFi for us to call and do the rest!
You can, however use mobile device management to automate add a large menu of options on both iOS, macOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS.
Wifi SSID is one that’s very common, but instead of your relatives needing to know how to enter WiFi, they need to be shown how to install a profile or remove one if things change.