Students and staff from a number of Dutch universities struggle already for several weeks with malfunction to the Eduroam wi-fi network. Engineers from Cisco have the cause is still not found, but it is possible that the problems with iOS 7.
The problems with the wi-fi network, where Back-students and staff do not have a working internet connection can get on the so-called Eduroam network, play already since the end of september, reports the Ukrant. The Centre for Information Technology, responsible for the management of the network, would together with hardware vendor Cisco has been the exact cause to have searched but still have not found. Technical director, Haije Wind says: “We can see when it goes wrong, but not so. Now, only half of the normal population make use of the network.”
There are similar problems reported on the University of Twente. There reports to the technical service that there is “packet loss” between the dhcp server and the clients. The dhcp server would be no further problems, but ip packets would for some reason disappear. Students are advised to fill a lan cable, bring it to the university.
There would meanwhile, at the University of Amsterdam, clues are found that iPhones that are on the recently released iOS 7 to run the possible cause of the wifi problems might be, but that is still quite uncertain. Dutch universities exchange now knowledge about the situation. The Back has his hopes are now located on a Us network professional from Cisco, which this week the problems under the microscope.