iPad fails networking 101; how to earn it a passing grade

The iPad is not playing nice with the DHCP protocol: if the screen is turned off, it doesn't release its IP address when it's supposed to. This leads to address conflicts when the DHCP server gives the address to another system, but there are ways around the problem.

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[David Bradbury]

Seems like a pretty easy fix for Apple -- though this bug shouldn't have made it into the final product.