AFNetworking 2.0 Reachability

You’re making this more difficult than it needs to be. Try this:

- (void)viewDidLoad {
   [super viewDidLoad];

   [[AFNetworkReachabilityManager sharedManager] startMonitoring];

}

- (BOOL)connected {
    return [AFNetworkReachabilityManager sharedManager].reachable;
}   

If you also want to be notified when the status changes, then implement setReachabilityStatusChangeBlock.