On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/23/2011 02:28 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Âwrote: > >>> Since it *is* possible to start an AP on a channel with existing AP, >>> I assume that the NIC must be able to handle this properly..or is >>> that ability to start on a scanned channel just a bug? Â(Please >>> don't fix it, if it is :P) >> >> It a feature, AP functionality is allowed on that channel on a world >> roaming card given that no CTL is present so the lower regulatory >> value, from CRDA, is used instead of the CTL value. > > So as long as you have a functional CRDA and do not mis-represent > your country with 'iw reg set', Atheros cards have an EEPROM value for a regulatory domain which is always used, regardless of what you tell cfg80211 with 'iw reg set', 'iw reg set' will just help compliance further. > is there any way to > actually get the system out of spec if you use "eeprom" reg-domain of 0x0? No. You can only do this by trying to take the card out of compliance purposely or unknowingly in software. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
