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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 15/04/12 11:16, Gordon Henderson wrote: > One of the issues I found with the train project I was involved with > last year[1] was the multitude of hassles we got from various "smart > phones" trying to access the network. Each seem to have their own issues > - iDevices "phone home" to see if they have Internet access - they're I'm sure it isn't just IOS devices which do this kind of thing. Quite a few devices tend to get confused when connected to something like the SWGfL. Which dosn't allow non proxied web access. > the most annoying as the standard landing re-direct pages need to cater > for this, else you get half way through filling out the form and the > iPhone tried to see if it's connected (by fetching a file off Apple), > thinks it's not and cancels what you're doing!) > Other devices aggressively renew their DHCP lease, even though the DHCP > server gives them a generous time - I think this is to see if they're > switched networks or something (and I suspect this is whats happening Or because they don't actually look at the lease time at all. I've various devices do this. > here), so the DHCP servers get somewhat overwhelmed. Others do funny > things in low-power modes (which necessitated a firmware upgrade on the > Wi-Fi APs we used - Some android phones would connect once then never > again before that!) > > And a few other minor issues to do with phones not liking the forced > proxy/cache we developed. Did you use "transparent proxying" or send a PAC file? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+LQ6QACgkQsoRLMhsZpFcFFACcC1+N7q0caoGvtgrnqEJte/m3 7egAnjIZ3IcA6Bg9QU3p8E5ytsrvAsbD =d5ww -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq