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A comment on $718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi devices (2015). Parent comment

Re:$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi device... by vlan0 on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:04AM (#13319350)
I have not had much success implementing 802.11w. Either the wireless manufacturer or the client device implementation tends to be buggy. My most recent case is between Extreme Network 802.11ac APs and any MacBook Pro.

It's left me scratching my head as to why a protection mechanism such as this isn't mandatory by now. Because mandating aspects of the protocol seems to be the only sure way of easing compatibility woes.

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Re:$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi device... by cesarb on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:29PM (#13320769)
I just read somewhere that 802.11w is mandatory for the Wi-Fi Alliance 802.11ac certification. If true, the compatibility should get better.
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