iTunes for Windows not detecting Wi-Fi devices
iTunes for Windows can't see portable devices (iPhone/iPad) after updating IOS
Windows 11/iOS 26.4.1/iTunes v12.13.10.3
iTunes no longer "sees" WiFi connected portable devices, so I have to connect via USB to sync. Bonjour is still working - printer and Onkyo receiver are still visible/functional.
Everything was working until very recently, probably until the 26.4 iOS update. ITunes does see my Iphone 12 mini, still running iOS 18.4 and syncs with it just fine over WiFi.
All devices are on the same network. Correct Windows firewall rules are in place (disabling firewall doesn't help). Enabling/disabling IPv6 doesn't help. Swapping my new TP-Link router with a Netgear running WW-DRT did not help.
The MDNS resolver is inconsistant, FWIW. In Powershell I get three responses: "does not exist" if mobile device has gone to sleep, or these, where sometimes there are two A records:
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> resolve-dnsname iPad-Air.local
Name Type TTL Section IPAddress
---- ---- --- ------- ---------
iPad-Air.local AAAA 4500 Answer fe80::4f7:f5b6:3685:cfbf
iPad-Air.local A 4500 Answer 10.0.0.5
iPad-Air.local A 4500 Additional 10.0.0.5
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> resolve-dnsname iPad-Air.local
Name Type TTL Section IPAddress
---- ---- --- ------- ---------
iPad-Air.local A 4500 Answer 10.0.0.5
iPad-Air.local AAAA 4500 Additional fe80::4f7:f5b6:3685:cfbf
Name : iPad-Air.local
QueryType : NSEC
TTL : 4500
Section : Additional
NextDomainName : iPad-Air.local
TypeBitMap : {0, 8, 0, 0...}
All the while , iTunes has no idea that the mobile devices exist.