I see no exemption for that type of issue. The FCC rulings seem to be about use of frequency for communication, not the protocol details (unless the protocol prevents the communications as in this case). Additionally, who "owns" the SSID name? The FCC sees all users as the same, so I suspect you have no more right to the SSID than the user does.
Thomas Carter Network and Operations Manager Austin College 903-813-2564 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Julian Y Koh Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:47 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] latest from FCC on de-authing Mi-Fi On Wed Feb 11 2015 09:22:55 CST, Bob Brown <bbr...@nww.com> wrote: > > Thought my recent interview with head of wireless for Partners > Healthcare might be of interest re: the FCC de-authing discussion > > http://www.networkworld.com/article/2881540/careers/how-not-to-get-sla > mmed-by-the-fcc-for-wi-fi-blocking.html One thing that I haven't seen mentioned (or it's just as likely that I missed it) is the situation where a user's AP is configured to broadcast the same network name as one of our SSIDs. Is there justification to use deauth as a protective measure in those cases? -- Julian Y. Koh Acting Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) 2001 Sheridan Road #G-166 Evanston, IL 60208 847-467-5780 NUIT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** 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/.
