Yup, but then the FCC would be the agency of enforcement, not us. Ryan H Turner Senior Network Engineer The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 +1 919 445 0113 Office +1 919 274 7926 Mobile
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chuck Anderson Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:31 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] latest from FCC on de-authing Mi-Fi Or, you can look at that as being "harmful interference". Since your users will attempt to connect to the wrong network, it will disrupt your users' valid use of your network, harming your users. On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 03:54:41PM +0000, Thomas Carter wrote: > 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-s > > la 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/.
