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bhhaskin
on Jan 8, 2015
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Hotel Wi-Fi blocking: Marriott is bad
I mind. You can't own an SSID and they are not uniquely set. Just because you have the same SSID as me what gives you the right to deauth my router?
wil421
on Jan 8, 2015
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What is the use case for using an SSID that is already taken? Especially in a business or corporate environment.
wumpus
on Jan 8, 2015
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The use-case doesn't really matter; it's against the regulations for that radio band to interfere with other people's usage. Even if you think they're attempting to commit fraud.
wil421
on Jan 9, 2015
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Right about radio but the thread was talking about Cisco sending deauth packets to rouge APs.
wumpus
on Jan 9, 2015
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... as was I! Just because you consider an AP to be rogue doesn't mean it's legal for you do something about it.
bhhaskin
on Jan 9, 2015
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Right! because who decides if it is a rogue AP. In this cause Marriott has decided that all AP's that don't belong to them are rogue.
72deluxe
on Jan 16, 2015
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And I would argue that as it is their building they can decide what is legal and what is not, no?
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