Hi Andrew, I don't think that the "Outdoor Only" rules are currently part of the Australian Low Interference of Potential Devices legislation allowing up to 4W in 5725–5850 Mhz at https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2022C00281
It is true that this is a requirement in some other jurisdictions, and that some software interfaces provide this guidance for the US market, leading to confusion. To confuse things further, Australia *does* have some special rules for higher power outdoor use (100W radios!) of 5725 to 5875 MHz on point-to-point links, but this requires the registration of an apparatus licence with the ACMA. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2013C00368/Html/Text#_Toc360012139 >From memory, these apparatus licences were only available in regional areas. John On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 09:48, Andrew Radke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if there is anyone on the list that I can talk to about > Telstra customer router wifi configs that are violating ACMA rules. > > We see lots of Telstra supplied routers that select the *outdoor only* 5.8 > GHz spectrum for their 5 GHz WiFi. This interferes with real outdoor links, > and unless the router is mounted on a roof it would be in violation of ACMA > rules. I’m hoping to get in touch with someone suitable in the team that > manages these to get an update done to correctly limit these devices to the > indoor spectrum only. > > I’ve included an example scan from a Mikrotik link of ours that had > started playing up due to interference below. It shows a Telstra router > broadcasting on 5805 MHz running with an 80 MHz bandwidth (eeeC) and on > single chain instead of dual chain so that it can bump up it’s output power > even higher. In this case it only leaves a single 20 MHz channel, or > potentially 30 MHz with certain radios, at the top for anyone else. > > ADDRESS SSID CHANNEL > SIG NF SNR > AP D0:6F:82:2C:DB:54 TelstraMobile > 5260/20-Ceee/ac/DP(-10dBm) -79 -102 23 > AP 22:B0:01:96:83:D3 Telstra9683CB > 5540/20-eeCe/ac/DP(-3dBm) -83 -106 23 > AP 22:B0:01:96:83:D5 > 5540/20-eeCe/ac/DP(-3dBm) -85 -106 21 > P A2:B5:3C:36:A3:FE Telstra36A3FE > 5660/20-Ceee/ac/DP(-3dBm) -88 -106 18 > P 82:90:4C:3A:D2:0C > 5660/20-Ceee/ac/DP(-3dBm) -89 -106 17 > AP D6:35:1D:1B:B7:C3 Telstra1BB7BB 5805/20-eeeC/ac(6dBm) > -82 -108 26 > AP D6:35:1D:1B:B7:C5 5805/20-eeeC/ac(6dBm) > -82 -108 26 > > Regards, > > Andrew Radke > > Open Spaces Internet Pty Ltd > Ph: 0412 798 593 <0412798593> > Web: osi.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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