I'm trying to get the FCC's attention on this:
https://wirednot.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc/?
-Lee
Lee H. Badman
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group
Lee,
I just read your Open Letter. Good work. Thank you.
One question that I have for future reference is:
“What constitutes blocking?”
You mention White Noise or Frame manipulation…
What if building owners have frequency blocking material as part of the design
of the building.
This could be
It's a good point, and there was a bit of chatter on this on Twitter. The FCC
has left the whole thing way too open-ended given the popularity of Wi-Fi, and
a lot of topics bleed over on to each other.
I'd be surprised if they responded in any way- the preference seems to be to
ambush users
I’m not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but the relevant statute is
section 333 of the Communications Act of 1934. Here it is in its entirety:
No person shall willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause
interference to any radio communications of any station licensed or
authorized
Does that include MiFis?
Lee H. Badman
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
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Or cell phone tethering?
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Students should be a relatively easy case. At least here, we make them sign
an AUP, which references explicit provisions about not running unauthorized APs.
Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu| For every problem, there is a solution that
Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and
We don't call out the variants (MiFis, hotspots, Nintendo DS WiFi USB adapter,
etc...). Instead we just focus on anything broadcasting an SSID as
interfering with or degrading WPI network service, in that it's competing
for scarce airtime.
That said, we *don't* launch countermeasures against
One thing I’ve noticed in the LEED buildings we’ve recently built (2
dorms/colleges and a Physics building), is that the windows block the heat from
the sun, which reduces need for A/C, etc. The heat from the sun is just another
type of RF, basically. This has a side effect of blocking some,
We need to wait on an unfortunate school to be sued by a student due to Mi-Fi
blocking in a Residential Property
-Student:
I pay rent, I can do whatever I want in my room
-School:
We provide “free” Wi-FI to all rooms and the interferences are becoming
unmanageable
to a point where we have
Great input., and interesting stuff to ponder.
Lee H. Badman
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
315.443.3003
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WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU on behalf of Chuck Enfield
We really need the vendors to step up on this one; they are selling the ability
to do this. Why are they selling me an option that, if turned on, is illegal.
Cisco, HP/Aruba, Ruckus, etc need to get off their butts and get involved in
this. Maybe they are behind the scenes, but I don’t see or
This is consistent with PSU's position as it has been explained to me. You
can have policies addressing what people are allowed to do on your property,
and you can address violations of those policies through appropriate
administrative and legal mechanisms.
While, to my knowledge, this
We are almost identical to this. We did active rogue prevention in the past,
but it never worked as well as advertised anyway. The rogue device and the
active prevention was just more noise pollution; too many students just stopped
using their personal routers, etc but left them powered on and
I think your manufacturer would tell you that it should only be used to
block unauthorized extensions of your network. Launching a DoS attack
against an AP on your own network is different from jamming licensed
spectrum or DoS’ing any unfamiliar AP within earshot of yours regardless of
what
You're real close to our model and practice as well. What about vendors and
visiting faculty that pop up Mi-Fis without hesitation?
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If they're severe enough to catch our attention, typically an offer of better
performing guest wireless is enough to convince them to happily pack their
MiFi away.
Now, the *@#*!!? wireless enabled printers, which still keep broadcasting a
hidden SSID when you tell them to turn the radio off
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