[UniMacTech] iPhone on campus

Tue Sep 9 16:51:40 EST 2008

I am on vodafone and have similar experience.

It seems iTunes on the iPhone will only work through wifi (to protect you from spending too much on your data plan I suppose) which is silly given people may have 1G or 2G data plans

So even if I am web browsing through 3G/HSDPA and have a 500MB download limit it wont let me buy a song through the store that would occupy less than 10MB yet I can buy an application through the app store that is bigger than 10MB

Any others has similar experiences?

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From: Steven Stanley <steven.stanley at jcu.edu.au>
Reply-To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List <unimactech at auc.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:29:02 +1000
To: University Macintosh Technical Mailing List <unimactech at auc.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [UniMacTech] iPhone on campus

Hi Stephen, hope things are well with you?

I can confirm that iPhone works just fine at JCU - I have one and it's happily using our wi-fi connection when in range, and switching to Optus 3G when not - no problems here, and easy to setup too. I haven't even cracked my phone yet ;-)

However iTunes store doesn't appear to want to connect, and VPN is no go, but I think our server is currently down, so I've not had a good crack at it yet - it looks like it should work ok.

Unfortunately I'm not responsible for documentation but there you go. Carl van Wyck has a testing iPhone he's offering to loan people, so testing is definitely underway.

Regards

.:S:.

Steven G Stanley
Senior IT Technical Officer
Faculty of Science and Engineering
James Cook University Cairns, Qld, Australia 4870
Ph: +61 7 40421016 (xtn is 1016)
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On 09/09/2008, at 10:13 AM, Stephen Atherton wrote:

Folks,

I've been looking at Uni support for iPhone/iPod Touch as a colleague and I are meeting with IT Directors (CAUDIT AGM) next month and we will be discussing iPhone amongst other things.

Although some sites <http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1012405.html> have interesting discussions, I think it would be useful to create a more definitive listing.

By no means is below an indication that iPhone/iPod Touch is or isn't supported, but it does indicate "official support"  levels.

May I ask you to send me any edits if appropriate (ie if you know of support docos at your uni that I've missed) ?

Cheers,
Stephen

Vic/Tas
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UMelb site.
http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/knowledgebase/wireless/doc/UniWireless%20Configuration%20iPhone.pdf

Monash
https://secure.monash.edu/its/wireless/iphone.html
http://www.its.monash.edu.au/staff/mobile/pda/iphonesync.html

Deakin
http://www.deakin.edu.au/its/exchange/mobile/iphone.php

LaTrobe
There are Uni prices given, but can't find setup or support references, but if it is an indication, the ITS site didn't work with Safari ! < http://www.latrobe.edu.au/ict>

RMIT
various discussions on Whirlpool and MacTalk. Looks like no doco yet, but partial support
http://forums.mactalk.com.au/54/54945-iphone-ipod-touch-2-0-fw-rmit-wifi-network.html
Guides to come at
http://www.rmit.edu.au/its/wireless

Uni Tasmania
Some nice development work <http://www.cis.utas.edu.au/student-proj-sby/iphone/> but nothing guiding students/staff to iPhone connectivity

Victoria Uni
Not much there

Ballarat
Nortel infrastructure, not much there

Qld
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UQ
No setup at UQ, just sales info. But I believe there are no problems.
http://www.its.uq.edu.au/?page=74261

USQ
Not bad- a setup video on this page
http://www.usq.edu.au/ict/staff/

QUT
internal WIKI on topic. Can't find specific setup
Generic site
http://www.its.qut.edu.au/oncampusaccess/mobilecomputing/wireless/generic.jsp

James Cook Uni
No support currently
http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/InfoHelp/Wireless/faq.shtml#nine

Griffith setup
https://intranet.secure.griffith.edu.au/computing/wireless/getting-connected/iphone-and-ipod-touch

CQU
Not much there

Bond
Not much there

NSW/ACT
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Sydney
http://itassist.usyd.edu.au/iphone/

Uni Western Sydney
IT Director speaks of them, nothing on setup <http://corpapps.uws.edu.au/media/eupdate/view.phtml?a_id=5412&catcode=fromdailynews&searchdate=2008-08-13>

Wollongong
Clearly iPhone development work happening with Daniel Saffioti et al, but no guide or Central IT reference

UNSW
http://www.its.unsw.edu.au/services/uniwide/mobile_devices.html
and the video of course :-) at < http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kU-m9VHs5U>

Newcastle
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/unit/it/wireless/iPhone_wireless_network.pdf

ANU
Some great development work for iPhone (Reed) but no info to speak for connectivity

UTS
Not much there

Macquarie
Not much there

Southern Cross
I believe there are issues, nothing on sites

SA/NT
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Uni of Adelaide
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/its/networks/mobile/pda/

Un of SA
Despite recent press <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/iPhone-adopted-by-the-University-of-SA/0,130061791,339291614,00.htm>, there are issues
http://www.unisa.edu.au/ists/ITHelpDesk/FAQS/telephone/Mobile/FAQ/mobile_faq15.asp

Flinders
Not much there

Charles Darwin
Not much there

WA
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Murdoch
"Don't buy until we get a good deal!" Unknown if it works
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/itservicedesk/kb/questions/118/
Nothing on wireless pages

Uni WA
UWA works and Student Internet Support Office can help people configure them
Some development work, including apps written by Chris McDonald
http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~chris/iphone/APlogger/
http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/~chris/iphone/WifiToggle/

Curtin
Version 2.0 and up works (needed 2.0 for WPA enterprise support).  There is a specific limitation whereby the the web proxy needs to keep a pop-up open otherwise the connection closes after 5 minutes.

ECU
No support from Central IT, but works.

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