[97940] in North American Network Operators' Group
iPhone and Network Disruptions ...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prof. Robert Mathews (OSIA))
Sat Jul 21 20:55:44 2007
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:53:46 -0400
From: "Prof. Robert Mathews (OSIA)" <mathews@hawaii.edu>
To: North American Network Operators Group <Nanog@merit.edu>
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Fellow Nanogers:
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: *"Duke Wi-Fi Crippled by Apple iPhones" *at
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=10200AG9NMHU 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: "*Duke Resolves iPhone, Wi-Fi Outage Problems"* at
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2161065,00.asp
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 extra-ordinary device when comparing it with devices of a
comparable nature, which also 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
technical issues 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?
If you are in a position to respond, I would like to hear from you,
either publicly or privately. If there is enough group interest in the
matter, I would be most happy to summarize.
All the best,
Robert.
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Fellow Nanogers:<br>
<br>
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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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>
</span><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle"><br>
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>
</span><span id="headline" class="bigArticleTitle"><br>
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>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Robert.<br>
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