I have been promoting disabling ipv6 here at uofl as well. Note there are 2 different ways to disable ipv6 on OSX depends on the version you are on.
http://louisville.edu/it/communications/wireless/wireless-connection-problems-how-to-disable-ipv6.html From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen F. Hess Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] High Number of Disconnections - Mac 10.5 and up So you found success fixing the issue by disabling IPv6 on the Mac clients? From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> On Behalf Of Russ Leathe Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:10 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] High Number of Disconnections - Mac 10.5 and up Yes, indeed. We found that IPv6 was on by default. The theory is, it would try to get an IPv6 DHCP first, timeout, grab an IPv4, then retry IPv6. In doing so, disconnect. >From Terminal, networksetup -setv6off Wi-Fi Disconnects are a major problem with OSX 10.5 and above...just read the forums on Apples site. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> On Behalf Of Londono, Hernan Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 3:44 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] High Number of Disconnections - Mac 10.5 and up I would like to know if anyone is having an issue with a lot of disconnection for Mac computers with OS versions 10.5 and up. We are an Aruba deployment (M3 controllers and AP-105s/125s). For the past 3 weeks we have seen a high amount of disconnections where about 90% have been tracked Apple notebooks with the latest OS versions. I'd be grateful to hear if anyone one is having, of has had the same issue recently, and any possible recommendations to address the issues. ________________________________ HERNAN LONDONO Associate CIO Barry University ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
