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Fellow Nanogers:<br>
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Reports have floated across my desk in the past week, which have
suggested that iPhones owned by faculty, staff and students have been
flooding university campus Wi-Fi networks in parts of the
country. For example, see: <span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle"><b>"Duke
Wi-Fi Crippled by Apple iPhones" </b>at
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href="http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=10200AG9NMHU">http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=10200AG9NMHU</a>
Since
that story first aired, and by applying a patch that was
subsequently provided by Cisco, Duke has now come to see the
elimination of the problem, see: "</span><span class="Article_Title"><b>Duke
Resolves iPhone, Wi-Fi Outage Problems"</b> at <a
href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2161065,00.asp">http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2161065,00.asp</a><br>
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There are certain aspects of this story in which I have the most
interest, and the following questions (if I may be permitted to list
them) detail my concern - adequately. I wish to ask you: 1) is the
iPhone an </span><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle">extra-ordinary
</span><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle">device when
comparing it with
devices of a </span><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle">comparable
nature, which also</span><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle">
request ties to a Wi-Fi network, (there are many that use Wi-Fi enabled
Smart-phones and PDAs on campuses -- so, why do 'they' not pose a
similar problem) 2) is this
problem a result of poor planning and services implementation at
certain campuses, 3) is this story - a product of great exaggerations?
4) if there are </span></font><font face="Tahoma"><span id="headline"
class="bigArticleTitle">technical issues </span></font><font
face="Tahoma"><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle">indeed that
permit iPhones in particular to DoS Wi-Fi nets, what can these storms
be attributed to, and what can/should be done about it? <br>
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If you are in a position to respond, I would like to hear from you,
either publicly or privately. </span><span id="headline"
class="bigArticleTitle">If there is enough group interest in the
matter, I would be most happy to summarize.<br>
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All the best,<br>
Robert.<br>
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