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Fuzzy Logic Is the iPhone a bad Wi-FiPhone?
Fuzzy Logic Is the iPhone a bad Wi-FiPhone? | Is the iPhone a bad Wi-FiPhone? |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | |
  
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The iPhones are asking for an address that isn’t on Duke University’s network, and when the iPhones don’t get a response, they keep on sending out requests, flooding the available bandwidth. According to the article, the University is currently in holiday mode, with students to come back in late August. There are, nevertheless, 150 iPhones on campus and the problem has become serious, with administrators saying it would have been much worse if the students had been back already, likely with many more iPhones. Help has been sought from Cisco, the maker of the school’s networking equipment, and technical support has been sought from Apple, although there is only speculation online as to precisely what might have caused the problem – Apple isn’t saying anything yet as it no doubt investigates the problem. When the fix inevitably comes, either the iPhone, Cisco’s equipment, or both, will simply be patched with a software update to resolve the problem. It’s interesting to note that only Duke University has reported experiencing the problem so far, and slightly ironic that Cisco, who also makes an 'iPhone', is possibly the cause of Apple's iPhone Wi-Fi woes. If other universities, businesses or other environments were lots of people connect wirelessly start experiencing problems with access points and iPhones are part of the mix, the pressure will be greater on Apple and networking companies to find a solution – surely it would come quickly, as part of a software update, and be widely reported. That’s the beauty of today’s technology, which can often be updated after its launch to fix problems that arise and with computer driven devices, can even have new features added, although that’s a capability Apple is holding close to its chest for now. The iPhone might be a bad Wi-FiPhone at Duke Uni for now, but after a meeting with Dean Jobs, we’re sure the iPhone’s Wi-Fi behavior will dramatically improve for the better! |
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