On 05/23/2011 03:15 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Ben Greear<greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 05/23/2011 02:46 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez<mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
No. You can only do this by trying to take the card out of compliance
purposely or unknowingly in software.
Oh and my point was that "regulatory hacks" fit this description.
Ok. I believe you are right in general, but I can't see how enabling
a device to work on a non-scanned channel can break something,
If a card is world roaming, how else on earth without seeing a beacon
will you know if you can initiate radiation on that channel?
I have a strong personal sense of location, and I'm 100% sure that
I'm in the US. So, the the computer could listen to it's human
and just trust that I know WTF I am asking for!
It may currently be impossible for vendors to explicitly support
this due to regulatory domains that assume users are evil and/or
stupid and not to be trusted to know their current location,
but please don't pretend that receiving a beacon is rock solid
evidence of a channel's availability: It only means that someone
else that set up the AP thinks it's available for use.
if it is perfectly legal and appropriate for there to be an AP on that
scanned channel.
Agreed! In fact I'd go so far as to say that if you have multiple
802.11 cards they should be able to share the same beacon hints, and
in fact -- this is what cfg80211 does ;)
In other words, if I change my Netgear to be on channel
48, scanned it, and then created a VAP on that channel, that is OK with
un-hacked regdomain stuff, but if instead I change regdomain to 0x0
and use channel 48 without re-configuring my Netgear, somehow that
suddenly causes issues?
For Atheros EEPROM 0x0 is designed for usage for the US:
Good..that's all I really wanted: My NIC to support my
location w/out undue complaint or limitations.
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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