[CWN-Summit] Slurpr, Michigan Arrest, and the impact on community wireless

[Harold Feld]

These are good points.  Are there products or software available that 
handle these issues?

At 07:10 PM 6/6/2007, David Young wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:26:54PM -0400, Harold Feld wrote:
> > http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/816
> >
> > Briefly, I argue that the recent arrest in Michigan of a man who used
> > an open access point associated with a coffee shop from his car on
> > the sidewalk is contrary to general principles of law and bad
> > policy.  I also discuss how the advent of Slurpr and the increase in
> > wifi enabled phones make it critical we get this right -- and soon.
>
>Harold,
>
>This brings to mind two of my frustrations with WiFi access points.
>
>First, the access controls are not as fine-grained as they could be.
>I would be pleased to provide Internet access to my neighbors if I could
>prioritize my own use---I am, after all, the one who pays for it---and
>protect my LAN.  I have heard that there is a Belkin wireless router that
>provides two virtual wireless networks.  The first network has privacy and
>authentication; it lets the owner access his home LAN and the Internet.
>The second network is public.  It lets the neighbors access to the
>Internet, only.  I wish that the feature was more widespread.
>
>Second, I believe that even if I do not want to share my LAN or
>my Internet connection, I should be able to share the AP's built-in
>"radio relay" capability with the neighbors.  (Why, maybe my AP should
>be required to offer that service, if it transmits over a certain power
>level?)  It will be a boon for community wireless if all of the neighbor's
>APs are relays, because it becomes possible to extend the reach of any
>station on a community mesh using a technique such as Matt Westervelt's
>"OPN".
>
>Dave
>
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