Re: second wifi card enforce CN reg dom

[Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>]

On 4/12/2018 5:52 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-04-12 at 08:18 -0700, Steve deRosier wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:51 AM, Arend van Spriel
>> <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/12/2018 10:42 AM, solsTiCe d'Hiver wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> This is beyond my comprehension that you could assert this is a
>>>> non issue.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well. I am just saying that it is by design. There is no way for
>>> the
>>> regulatory code to determine where you and your hardware actually
>>> reside so
>>> instead it takes a conservative approach.
>>>
>>
>> To say it another way: mixing regulatory domains on your host system
>> should result in a _smaller_ set of channels - ie only those channels
>> at the intersection of the two.
>>
>> And another wrinkle to consider - one of the 802.11 amendments (can't
>> remember which one) actually causes the radio to listen to the
>
> 802.11d I believe, from the early 2000s.

Correct.

Regards,
Arend