Hi Ben, On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:58, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Seems like laptop vendors are just being lame. Why can normal PCs > get away with no restrictions but somehow laptop makers have to do this?? >From what I've read, the issue isn't the card or regulatory itself, it's the antennae. In a desktop situation, you have a card with an detachable antenna, and the card / antenna unit can be confirmed to comply with whatever regulations are in effect. In a laptop, the antennae are usually part of the laptop body, and only the card itself is replaceable, so the manufacturer is locking out cards that it has not tested with the built-in antennae. Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/ -- 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
