Sounds like they're setting a precedent that a landlord can't operate rogue AP detection/automatic deauth against tenants or customers. Should still be fine in an enterprise environment.
Where it gets possibly weird is, let's say you're a major law firm that is a tenant in a large office building. You occupy half a floor. You operate your own enterprise wifi system and use cisco's rogue AP deauth feature. The tenants in the other suite (a totally separate business) on the other half of the same floor notice that wifi tethering doesn't work on any of their phones, and their pocket wifi hotspots don't work. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Hardy, Tim via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > And the actual order has more detail > > > > > http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1003/DA-14-1444A1.pdf > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hardy, Tim via Af > *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2014 1:46 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] MARRIOTT TO PAY $600, 000 TO RESOLVE WIFI-BLOCKING > INVESTIGATION > > > > More information about impermissible Wi-Fi blocking or jamming practices > is available at > > www.fcc.gov/jammers. If you would like additional information about Wi-Fi > blocking, you may email us at > > [email protected]. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Adam Moffett via Af > *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2014 1:42 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] MARRIOTT TO PAY $600, 000 TO RESOLVE WIFI-BLOCKING > INVESTIGATION > > > > > > being a hotel might be the thing that made it a problem. If an enterprise > or hospital does it as a security measure, I have trouble believing that's > illegal. > > Marriott are dicks, but here's an interesting question... > > broad spectrum 2.4 or 5 GHz jammers are illegal, yeah. > > But is an 802.11-compliant device issuing deauth requests illegal, if > part-15 devices are supposed to accept any unwanted interference and > there's no recourse? > > Provided that the device issuing deauth requests is operating within spec > for EIRP, channel plan, etc. > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Hardy, Tim via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-329743A1.docx > > > > >
