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  1. #1
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    IPhones blamed for knocking out wireless access points at Duke

    Full details here: http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...?nwwpkg=iphone

    I find it hard to believe that IPhones by themselves added a surge of new demand to the wireless access points at Duke, but could it be related to the bandwidth that the IPhones need? I'm not as tech-savvy as others out there, so those in the know can chime in with their thoughts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arydolphin View Post
    Full details here: http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...?nwwpkg=iphone

    I find it hard to believe that IPhones by themselves added a surge of new demand to the wireless access points at Duke, but could it be related to the bandwidth that the IPhones need? I'm not as tech-savvy as others out there, so those in the know can chime in with their thoughts.
    There going to blame it on all the rich Duke kids for sure...
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    It wasn't me!

    If it's this bad now, I couldn't imagine the wireless apocalypse that would have happened had school been in session.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billybreen View Post
    It wasn't me!

    If it's this bad now, I couldn't imagine the wireless apocalypse that would have happened had school been in session.
    Want to guess just how many IT folks at universities around the country are sweating out this one? I would have thought a larger state university would have suffered first.

    Cheers,
    Lavabe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lavabe View Post
    Want to guess just how many IT folks at universities around the country are sweating out this one? I would have thought a larger state university would have suffered first.
    We may well have had something misconfigured. It sounds like the iPhones are continually being handed an incorrect network configuration by a server they automatically detect. If that is correct, the broken server should be fixed, and I would guess that other universities aren't seeing this issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billybreen View Post
    Yeah, I work for them and people keep blaming me for this, since they know I went to Duke, haha.

    Here's another article about it: http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...23ciscoalert1&

    Unfortunately I can't say anything from a company PoV, other than leave you with a favorite quote of mine:

    Maj. Eaton: We have top men working on it now.
    Indiana: Who?
    Maj. Eaton: Top... men.

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