Warning: Wi-Fi Blocking Is Prohibited

Re:Warning: Wi-Fi Blocking Is Prohibited by ak217 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @07:24PM (#8963550)

Aren't jamming devices of that type illegal, as discussed elsewhere in the thread? And isn't what Cisco is doing by even manufacturing a device with that capability illegal, or at least cause for the FCC to ban its sales in the US?

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Re:Warning: Wi-Fi Blocking Is Prohibited by dsl on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @10:15PM (#8964119)

Jamming is very different from exploiting a protocol flaw (which is basically what the rouge AP mitigation does).

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Re:Warning: Wi-Fi Blocking Is Prohibited by kps on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @11:06PM (#8964274)

‘Jamming’ and ‘exploiting a protocol flaw’ are both methods of interfering.

  > 47 U.S. Code § 333 - Willful or malicious interference
  >
  > No person shall willfully or maliciously interfere with
  > or cause interference to any radio communications of any
  > station licensed or authorized by or under this chapter
  > or operated by the United States Government.

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