2008/7/1 Garrett D'Amore <gdamore at opensolaris.org>: > Matthew Gardiner wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've got a router that can operate up to channel 13, however, the two >> computers I run cannot detect anything above channel 11; is this a >> deficiency which is going to be addressed anytime soon? >> > > This sounds like a problem of "regulatory domains". > > Not all WIFI channels are "legal" in all countries. In order to get > approval for sale in certain countries, various products often have to > disable support for certain channels. > > This is generally controlled by hardware or device firmware, and not up to > device drivers. > > My guess is you have purchased equipment from different sources that are > adhering to different legal standards. You might not be able to address > this easily.
True, but at the same time, when the firmware and driver is loaded, the 'locale' which the computer has been setup should dictate whether or not the hardware itself can support a given wireless feature. Matthew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20080701/1293da93/attachment.html>
