Why do I have 5 Device Interfaces attached to my iPhone 7

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Why do I have 5 Device Interfaces attached to my iPhone 7

I have an iPhone 7 and I have had numerous problems with connectivity issues. I've tried resetting phone & network. I've called my carrier (Sprint), I've chatted with Apple chat numerous times and have gotten nowhere. My husband was looking in here in community chats yesterday and found an app called "iNet" that was recommended for another user who was having similar issues as mine, he suggested we try it as well. So I downloaded app last night and ran several different scans today. Although I have numerous questions, this one stands out to me as most important. I first ran scan locating all computers on our network. Then clicked on my phone and it provided my iPhone IP address on wifi, CPU frequency: Unknown and Device Interfaces: 5. Each interface was listed with a name, IPV4, IPV6, scope, Netmask etc. Why would I have 5 Device Interfaces attached to my phone? These were the names of them: 1) Loopback (1o0), 2) WiFi (en0), 3) Wireless Direct Link (awd10), 4) Cellular (pdp_ipo), 5) VPN (utun0). I would Greatly Appreciate any help I can get! Thanks

Posted on Aug 28, 2017 1:21 PM

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KiltedTim

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Aug 28, 2017 1:28 PM in response to Dabenson1

That's entirely normal.

As a rule, you really shouldn't mess around with network diagnostic tools you don't understand. I'm not trying to be critical of you. I've worked in IT for over 30 years. A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous, not to mention the worry and outright paranoia that can ensue when looking at things like this that you don't understand.

If you'd like help with a problem, please tell us what the issue is and what you've already done to try and troubleshoot it.

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