On 10/3/14 6:01 PM, John Schiel wrote: > > On 10/03/2014 03:23 PM, Keenan Tims wrote: >>> The question here is what is authorized and what is not. Was this to >>> protect their network from rogues, or protect revenue from captive >>> customers. >> I can't imagine that any 'AP-squashing' packets are ever authorized, >> outside of a lab. The wireless spectrum is shared by all, regardless of >> physical locality. Because it's your building doesn't mean you own the >> spectrum. > > +1 > >> >> My reading of this is that these features are illegal, period. Rogue AP >> detection is one thing, and disabling them via network or >> "administrative" (ie. eject the guest) means would be fine, but >> interfering with the wireless is not acceptable per the FCC regulations. >> >> Seems like common sense to me. If the FCC considers this 'interference', >> which it apparently does, then devices MUST NOT intentionally interfere. > > I would expect interfering for defensive purposes **only** would be > acceptable.
if you have a device licensed under fcc part 15 it may not cause harmful interference to other users of the spectrum. > --John > >> >> K >
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