Is the iPhone the Wi-Fi hardener?
According to this slashdot post on Slashdot, iPhones are causing problems for the Wi-Fi network. Scores of them connecting at the same time, etc.
Now Wi-Fi enabled phones aren’t going anywhere, and Wi-Fi isn’t going anywhere, so this can only mean that finally we’ll be seeing developments in Wi-Fi to toughen it up, make the hardware support more industrial.
This could be the start of the next phase in the life of Wi-Fi, first we’ll see some hardware hacks by all the manufacturers, then we’ll see an extension of the standard. I also hope the mass migration of devices such as mobile phones over to Wi-Fi will cause an overall simplification in security measures, meaning tighter, simpler security for everyone.
