Christian, This is hardly a matter of FCC regulations or other laws, but rather about what we can expect from cooperating IETF attendees. Smoking can be "outlawed" in groups indepently of any local laws that may or may not apply. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Academic Research and Technology Initiatives, Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Christian Huitema wrote: > > I think we should be very strict on this. All this people should get > > filtered until they go to the NOC and make sure to get trained about > how > > to avoid ad-hoc ! > > Unlicensed spectrum, like the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands used by Wi-Fi, can > be used by anybody. If I remember correctly, there was an FCC ruling on > a similar case, where an airport wanted to get airlines to stop using > their own Wi-Fi devices, uncoordinated with the airport. The FCC > essentially ruled that as it is an open band, landlords and other > facility managers can't prevent people from using the waveband. I did > not check the laws of Canada, but in the US at least the IETF cannot > force people to stop using ad hoc. If two participants want to set up an > ad hoc network and exchange data between themselves, there is hardly > anything the NOC can say. They could also use Bluetooth, which operates > in the same band, and again they would not be breaking any regulation. > > -- Christian Huitema > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf