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 d3e3e3@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Wayne E Bouchard <web@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
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