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Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ...
From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:34:32 -0500
On 24-jul-2007, at 15:27, Prof. Robert Mathews (OSIA) wrote:
Looking at this issue with an 'interoperability lens,' I remain puzzled by a personal observation that at least in the publicized case of Duke University's Wi-Fi net being effected, the "ARP storms" did not negatively impact network operations UNTIL the presence of iPhones on campus. The nagging point in my mind therefore, is: why have other Wi-Fi devices (laptops, HPCs/PDAs, Smartphones etc.,) NOT caused the 'type' of ARP flooding, which was made visible in Duke's Wi-Fi environment?
Reading the Cisco document the conclusion seems obvious: the iPhone implements RFC 4436 unicast ARP packets which cause the problem.
I don't have an iPhone on hand to test this and make sure, though.The difference between an iPhone and other devices (running Mac OS X?) that do the same thing would be that an iPhone is online while the user moves around, while laptops are generally put to sleep prior to moving around.
Current thread:
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ..., (continued)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Bill Woodcock (Jul 21)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Jim Popovitch (Jul 21)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Christian Kuhtz (Jul 21)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Dale W. Carder (Jul 22)
- RE: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Frank Bulk (Jul 24)
- RE: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Hank Nussbacher (Jul 24)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Warren Kumari (Jul 24)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Bill Woodcock (Jul 21)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Prof. Robert Mathews (OSIA) (Jul 22)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Iljitsch van Beijnum (Jul 24)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Marshall Eubanks (Jul 24)
- RE: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Frank Bulk (Jul 24)
- RE: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Dominic J. Eidson (Jul 25)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Warren Kumari (Jul 25)
- Re: iPhone and Network Disruptions ... Adrian Chadd (Jul 26)