IANAL but no, I think it most certainly does not, at least in the USA, depend on the terms of your *lease* agreement. In particular, I refer you to http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view;?id=6518608517 where in the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) specifically voided terms restricting Wi-Fi in space leased from the Massachusetts Port Authority at Boston airport as in violation of the OTARD (Over The Air Reception Device) FCC rules. This probably doesn't apply if you are a mere licensee but if you are a leaseholder, including being a tenant-in-possession, as you are if you rent a hotel room, I think they do apply.
Thanks, Donald ============================= Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e...@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Wayne E Bouchard <w...@typo.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 02:23:46PM -0700, 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. >> > > I think that depends on the terms of your lease agreement. Could not > a hotel or conference center operate reserve the right to employ > active devices to disable any unauthorized wireless systems? Perhaps > because they want to charge to provide that service, because they > don't want errant signals leaking from their building, a rogue device > could be considered an intruder and represent a risk to the network, > or because they don't want someone setting up a system that would > interfere with their wireless gear and take down other clients who are > on premesis... > > Would not such an active device be quite appropriate there? > > -Wayne > > --- > Wayne Bouchard > w...@typo.org > Network Dude > http://www.typo.org/~web/
