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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[aix]

The iPad WiFi problems is a bit old. I remember reading a few articles about it right after the launch.

A little Google foo:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362319,00.asp

http://www.usatoday.com/communities/tec ... internet/1


Surprised it's just getting some coverage here at Ars.

 

[aix]

The iPad WiFi problems is a bit old. I remember reading a few articles about it right after the launch.

<snip A little unrelated Google foo>

Surprised it's just getting some coverage here at Ars.

Because it is a completely different problem.

And folks nobody has class anything address space any more. Classful address space has been gone for 10 years.

No, actually it is the same problem. The iPad's Wifi.