I don't agree with this analysis. Students may have the right to use the spectrum on their personal network. I don't believe they have an inherent right to broadcast the university's network out into the dorm parking lot.
[I'm not a lawyer, but I could play one on TV] Tom Zeller Indiana University -----Original Message----- From: Sascha Meinrath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:32 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Rogue Detection in Dorms... Hi all, > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:12:21 -0500 > From: Lee Badman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Rouge Detection in Dorms.... > > I know that we found that finding rogues is almost meaningless if there = > isn't strong policy to back up their removal and banishment. We get = > push-back that the students' rooms are their homes, and in their homes = > they should be able to do their own wireless, etc... That notion gets = > weaker if you have wireless everywhere, but still the written policy with = > senior management sponsorship and very clear communication to students = > that such devices aren't allowed needs to be in place- just as important = > as any software or tools.=20 > > I still toy with this idea- through the wire detection- as much as (or in = > concert with) a sensor-based solution: www.wimetrics.com=20 I suspect that rogue suppression and elimination of unlicensed devices from student's dorms is a practice that is without legal protection and would seriously caution any University from engaging in this practice. It's one thing to prevent connection to your network of unauthorized devices (which is clearly within a network administrators rights), but it's quite another to remove or banish unlicensed devices outright. It's not so much that that students rooms are their homes as that no one has any exclusive property rights to unlicensed frequencies -- everything from clarifying statements from the FCC and the OTARD rules back up students' rights to buy, deploy, and use unlicensed devices wherever they choose. If there are any telecom lawyers on this list, I would love to hear some clarification on the legal ramifications of enforcing a banning and removal of unlicensed devices, but I anticipate that the law will back up the students rights to utilize these devices. --Sascha -- Sascha Meinrath Policy Analyst * Project Coordinator * President Free Press *** CUWiN *** Acorn Active Media www.freepress.net * www.cuwireless.net * www.acornactivemedia.com ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
