Log In | Register
Duke: iPhone May Be Disrupting Network
- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
- Public Discussion (7)
At first I didn't understand why an iPhone would cause any more of a problem than a normal laptop. But they hint that since people more often wander around with their phone than with their laptops, the problems happen when the iPhone goes from one wireless hotspot to another.
If that is the problem, the onus is on Duke to fix it.
- 3 votes
#1 - Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:49 AM EDTThe problem has generated discussion on Internet technology forums, but there have been no reports of other networks being affected. At Maryland, for example, officials said they hadn't seen anything like the problems at Duke.
Greg James, associate director of data networking at nearby North Carolina State University, said Wednesday that the school hasn't noticed any issues at its campus in Raleigh despite the usual monitoring of all wireless access points.
Yup, sounds like a Duke problem to me...
- 3 votes
But they hint that since people more often wander around with their phone than with their laptops, the problems happen when the iPhone goes from one wireless hotspot to another.
That's the same reason that cell phone carriers have given regarding cell phones in use on airplanes. Apparently it wreaks havoc on the cell network when a cell phone is moving at 500 mi/hr across multiple towers.
As for the iPhone, it's definitely something that's going to keep network admins up at night working on upgrades.
- 2 votes
This was all over Slashdot a couple days ago, and the general consensus was that Duke has a screwy network that's not properly configured. It has nothing to do with the iPhone, and everything to do with Duke's wireless network.
- 1 vote
#2 - Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:32 PM EDTNow that it has been found to be Cisco's problem, we haven't heard from Duke's Kevin Miller after he had stated "I don't believe it's a Cisco problem in any way, shape or form," Miller said firmly."
- 1 vote
#3 - Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:47 AM EDTYou're in Easy Mode. If you prefer, you can use XHTML Mode instead. |
