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IPhones Flooding Wireless LAN At Duke
coondoggie sends us to a Network World story, as is his wont, about network problems at Duke University in Durham, N.C. that seem to be related to the iPhone. "The Wi-Fi connection on Apple's recently released iPhone seems to be the source of a big headache for network administrators at Duke. The built-in 802.11b/g adapters on several iPhones periodically flood sections of the school's wireless LAN with MAC address requests, temporarily knocking out anywhere from a dozen to 30 wireless access points at a time. Campus network staff are talking with Cisco, the main WLAN provider, and have opened a help-desk ticket with Apple. But so far, the precise cause of the problem remains unknown. 'Because of the time of year for us, it's not a severe problem,' says Kevin Miller, assistant director, communications infrastructure, with Duke's Office of Information Technology. 'But from late August through May, our wireless net is critical. My concern is how many students will be coming back in August with iPhones? It's a pretty big annoyance, right now, with 20-30 access points signaling they're down, and then coming back up a few minutes later. But in late August, this would be devastating.'" So far, the communication with Apple has been "one-way."
Hey guys, no breaking the fourth wall!
That's preposterous. Summer is when teachers return to their coffins to rest. Who would the students learn from?
No wonder there is no answer... Apple people weren't able to receive any network package with all those iPhones around.
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I want to request a mac address from my access point. Anyone want to post a HOW-TO?
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You're setting the bar too high. I'm impressed that they correctly used the word "wont".
"18,000 address requests per second"
It's like me at the discotheque on Saturday night.
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common, never ask for addresses, it's eitheir tonight (preferably right away) or never. Be proud ;-)
Everything I write is lies, read between the lines.
Isn't the term "zombie" a little bit redundant?
No wireless hardware requests a MAC address.
:)
But the iPhone is from Apple, of course it would ask for a Mac address! Heck, they should be glad it didn't ask for a Mac-II address, things would be twice as bad!
(You can do the math for a Mac-IIcx
But that's exactly the problem. The iPhone handshakes with a "How are you gentlemen." and asks for a MAC address, at which point the WLAN's response is "What you say !!" and it goes downhill from there...
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...using 802.11g and 802.11n. I don't see how other hardware could cause a problem with such a standard.
He probably meant "adress request" as in "Your place or mine?"
Least I hope he did, or he was really missing out!
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Well, obviously the Airport access points will give the iPhones MAC addresses as the summary suggests... unlike most brands of access points. =)
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Student: I'm at Duke and my iPhone's wifi just stopped working.
Apple rep: I'm sorry sir, but Apples just work
Student: Yeah, well mine isn't just working right now!
Apple rep: Sir, do you BELIEVE in the power of Steve?
Student: The what?
Apple Rep: Sir, maybe if you had more faith in Steve, you wouldn't be having problems...
Student: Look, I just want my damn phone to work.
Apple Rep: Then I think you need to attend our Apple Reaffirmation Camp
Student: Will it help get my wifi signal back?
Apple Rep: No, but it will help you get your FAITH back, and stop questioning the infallability of Apple products
Student: Um, okay. Anything to get my smug sense of superiority back.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Don't you mean the Dynamic DHCP Protocol?
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