Universities Ban iPad
Some colleges reject iPad
I wonder how many other universities will ban the iPad too.
Some colleges reject iPad
I wonder how many other universities will ban the iPad too.
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Princeton, George Washington & Cornell Universities ban iPad
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I eat lunch with a group of network technicians for my university, and they are also working on solutions to problems students, staff, and professors have reported with the iPad and university Wifi. If they can't solve it on their end then a ban will follow until Apple comes up with a fix.
How many students are using iPads to cause that much of a bandwidth problem? I thought students were sticking to netbooks and laptops.
Also what about an iPad makes you download more than a laptop / netbook. I would assume with a laptop you'd be downloading larger files and doing more things. Then again I don't have my iPad yet so maybe I'm missing out on some serious downloading joy.
Reports I've seen indicate that the iPad DHCP client isn't releasing IP addresses properly at the end of the lease time, which causes conflicts as all the other devices on the campus-wide networks log on and off. So only a relatively few misbehaving devices might be enough to cause a lot of problems throughout the network.
It's not a bandwidth issue. The iPad doesn't release it's iP address unless you power it down. For the residence halls at my U available IP addresses are limited and for iphone and touch and laptop users get re-assigned frequently as new users connect. The network techs notice that iPads are staying connected for 8 to ten hours at a time, whereas iphones and Touches usually connect and disconnect for 5 to ten minute access periods.
Seems reasonable, so its not so much the users of the iPads but possibly a poorly behaving network stack.
In the case of Princeton, they haven't actually banned all iPads. They will only block your iPad if it has the DHCP problem.
This is not even an iPad problem. Wireless networking bandwidth that these schools are having are related to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. iPad just came out. I hardly believe that iPad is causing that big of a bandwidth hog. Maybe something different for iPhone.
And if I was using iPad for school, I would be using it for non wireless purposes.
This article is complete fail on these schools.
And if I was using iPad for school, I would be using it for non wireless purposes.
This article is complete fail on these schools.
http://www.net.princeton.edu/announ...ps-renewing-lease-keeps-using-IP-address.html
It isn't a big fail for the universities. They can reproduce the problem... IPad=IPeater.
The article says they are working with apple to fix the problem. I would imagine that once the problem is fixed to princetons liking they will start to allow the IPad to connect again.
It isn't a big fail for the universities. They can reproduce the problem... IPad=IPeater.
The article says they are working with apple to fix the problem. I would imagine that once the problem is fixed to princetons liking they will start to allow the IPad to connect again.
My initial reaction is to berate the Universities (even though I'm not an iPad fan). But considering it's 3 universities, and a country - I think there must be a genuine problem at the heart of it now.
No probs, Apple will fix it. Other parties have to protect their interests too, I'm sure Apple understand that.
No probs, Apple will fix it. Other parties have to protect their interests too, I'm sure Apple understand that.
Because the knee-jerk reaction of someone that doesn't understand the situation / is blinded by the Apple light is to blame the other party.
My University has been great about dealing with iPad. They use Cisco's Clean Access to control what sort of devices can connect to the network. As of yet the IT department hasn't upgraded to the latest version of CCA that supports iPad, so connecting to the campus WiFi network wasn't possible.
Their workaround is great though, they're just asking iPad users for MAC addresses so that they can filter our iPads manually, allowing them to join the network.
What I like best about this system is that I no longer have to log into the network like I'd have to do on my Macbook Pro or iPhone.
Their workaround is great though, they're just asking iPad users for MAC addresses so that they can filter our iPads manually, allowing them to join the network.
What I like best about this system is that I no longer have to log into the network like I'd have to do on my Macbook Pro or iPhone.
Take off the fanboy goggles for just a minute to read what the actual issue is here. I know many people on these forums feel compelled to defend Apple products, no matter the situation, but please be reasonable for once.