RE: iPhone and Network Disruptions ...

["Dominic J. Eidson" <sauron () the-infinite org>]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Frank Bulk wrote:

> If you look at Kevin's example traces on the EDUCAUSE WIRELESS-LAN listserv
> you'll see that the ARP packets are in fact unicast.
>
> Iljitsch's point about the fact that iPhones remain on while crossing
> wireless switch boundaries is exactly dead on.  If you read the security
> advisory you'll see that it involves either L3 roaming or two or more WLCs
> that share a common L2 network.  Most wireless clients don't roam in such a
> big way.

With the exception of our 1000+ Cisco 7920 phones...

Then again, they probably work just fine with Cisco's other products, heh.


 - d.

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