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On Mon, 2015-10-19 at 14:52 +0300, Eliad Peller wrote:
> 
> > Hm? Why would you want to do that, if you are allowed to use that 
> > band?
> > 
> The spec seems to indicate the allowed channel set for each operating
> class, and some channels are allowed only in some countries (tables
> E-1 vs. E-2 in 802.11-2012 Annex E).
> 

But that's a different problem in a way - the regulatory database only
tries to encode the legal restrictions, not the spec restrictions.

johannes