Infrastructure Protection: IPhones Flooding WLAN at Duke University

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Go figure. :-)

Via NetworkWorld.

[snip]

The Wi-Fi connection on Apple’s recently released iPhone seems to be the
source of a big headache for network administrators at Duke University.

The built-in 802.11b/g adapters on several iPhones periodically flood
sections of the Durham, N.C. school’s pervasive 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 held desk ticket with
Apple. But so far, the precise cause of the problem remains unknown.

[snip]

More:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/071607-duke-iphone.html

- - ferg

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