Re: [Madwifi-devel] Survey: What are you using MadWifi for, and why?

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 14:08 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> So for now countries either take the FCC, are part of a larger group
> like in Europe or are a head ache to deal with due to historical
> changes on regulatory rules (Japan). So far I've seen rules set for
> bands and with max EIRP and antenna gain. Sometimes you have quirky
> rules for antenna gain like in the US for the 3:1 rule (but we don't
> yet allow you to modify your antenna on linux and specific your new
> dbi antenna gain, and this actually is assumed won't change on the
> client side).
> 
> For width I'm told some countries do not allow HT40 and that this
> should change in the future.
> 
> I haven't seen rules for finer level of control which is why I said I
> we should not need to change anything. Right now  I've only have heard
> of countries sometimes disallowing HT40, but that's it.
> 
> Are you aware of any regulatory rules which prohibit narrower
> channels? It just seems odd.

No, I'm not aware of such limitations.  OK, you are not aware of such
limitations either, then perhaps we can go ahead with the narrow
channels.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin