Re: Marriott wifi blocking

[joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

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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