[174858] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Marriott wifi blocking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Van Norman)
Fri Oct 3 18:35:14 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:34:14 -0700
From: Michael Van Norman <mvn@ucla.edu>
To: Hugo Slabbert <hugo@slabnet.com>, John Schiel <jschiel@flowtools.net>
In-Reply-To: <20141003222627.GA1424@bamboo.slabnet.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
>>>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.
>
>What constitutes "defensive purposes"?
Since this is unlicensed spectrum, I don't think there is anything one has
a right to defend :)
/Mike
