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Yes that was in the lengthy contract. They weren't using a radio jammer, but using techniques just like were described in the article. We tried getting our ge
by coleca 12y ago
Yes that was in the lengthy contract.
They weren't using a radio jammer, but using techniques just like were described in the article. We tried getting our gear setup and couldn't get anything working, even trying to use Internet connection sharing over Wifi between a Macbook and an iPad right next to each other wouldn't work. Until we got a hold of the network engineer for the convention and got him to whitelist our MAC addresses on their own APs. Then all of a sudden all our gear sprang to life. He told us they were looking for rogue APs and were sending frames to their clients to disassociate. If you were an attendee and not an exhibitor you could use the free public WiFi that was available. But we were warned that was far too flaky to use for product demos and would require re-registration every hour.
We also had to use commercial grade APs (like Cisco, Aruba, etc.) that could have the signal strength turned way down so it wouldn't bleed too far out of our booth. The WiFi APs at your local Staples don't usually have this option; they only boost the signals, not lower them.
- mikeash 12y agoThanks, that's really interesting, especially the report of how it looked from your end. I imagine if I was staying at a hotel that was doing this, I'd be driven absolutely mad when my stuff didn't work and I couldn't figure out why.
- dedward 12y agoAnd very likely.. that act of "forcing them to disassociate" would count as interference... and be rather illegal if it went to court. They have no authority to be able to interfere with your use of spectrum, just as you have none to interfere with theirs.
- trhway 12y ago> that act of "forcing them to disassociate" would count as interference... and be rather illegal if it went to court. i think if a teenager did it to the Marriot then a closest DA or an FBI office would be immediately having the teenager on "unauthorized access" at minimum if not on some nice terrorism charge
- snuxoll 12y agoThat's precisely what Marriot was doing in this case, so yes, it would be against FCC rules.
- cmdrfred 12y agoNext time I stay at the Marriot, I'm going to spam deauth packets. I've already got a raspberry pi set up for just that purpose.
- kngspook 12y agoBuy a dozen Raspberry Pis with cash, configure accordingly, wander around Marriotts dropping them in inconspicuous locations (keep an eye out for cameras), leave. Congratulations, first DDOS of a geographical site instead of a virtual one. :P Note: This is kinda a dick move because you're probably screwing over the customers more than you are the IT douchebags. Maybe a better plan is to find the Marriott headquarters, mockup a visitor badge, and do it there.
- cmdrfred 12y agoI've even thought about this to more devious levels. Cut a portion of drywall out in the hotel room and seal the pi back up in it (Jacking into the power lines somehow of course) good luck finding it.