If there is an AP that does that and it is
operating in Part15, it would be directly in
violation of the very rules that gave the device its
right to exist!
The major substance of Part-15 reads: This device
complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) this
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
If the poster has actually seen an AP that does
what he says it does then it would be in violation
of Part 15 itself and thus an entity could lodge a
formal complaint against the
person or entity that was operating said AP and
possibly end up with a $25,000.00 ticket. YMMV
-------Original
Message-------
Date:
9/22/2012 5:34:47 AM
Subject:
[WISPA] Can they really do this?
There's a current debate raging right now on the NANOG
list about the ins and outs of setting up large
temporary networks for things like conventions.
This one post caught my attention. Has anyone
heard of a WiFi AP that will spoof neighboring
networks to intentionally interfere with them, not
by occupying/jamming the spectrum in a brute force
way, but rather by impersonating the other network
and rejecting new associations?
The quote:
> One
of which I forgot to mention. Many of the hotels
(I believe all
> Hilton
properties at this time) have sold the
facilities space for their
> wifi
network to another company. They CAN'T negotiate
it with you,
> because
they don't own it any more. And most of these
wifi networks have
> stealth
killers enabled, so that they spoof any other
wifi zone they see
> and send
back reject messages to the clients. So you
can't run them side
> by side.
Greg
