bssid/macs are manufacturer based but there are companies that provide positioning services based on learning where those MACs are -- typically combining such MAC based Wi-Fi/Bluetooth information with IP, GPS, ... information to try to get an accurate location. If you happen to be in a hotel function room and can only see meeting provided APs, so you can't see any fixed local APs, you can easily get Geolocated to the previous meeting site.
Thanks,
Donald
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Donald
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Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell)
155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA
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On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Geolocation via topologically defined addresses is silly. Why do we
> care about fixing it?
i was not aware that bssid/macs were topologically assigned. i thought
they were mfr based. i guess slaac can be used to confuddle the two. :)
randy