Re: stupid tx power tricks (was Fw: [BAWUG] bridging help)

[James Ewing]

"IMO, people should reject irresponsible power hacks like these. There is really a lot at stake for the open-source community, which needs to build trust with the FCC and the 802.11 manufacturers by proving that they will not propagate device drivers that operate radios outside the legal power limits. It is hard enough to get 802.11 docs for open source, now; if the community's earns a reputation for sloppiness and recklessness, it will be even worse."   This is neither irresponsible nor reckless. The 84 mw setting is legal even in the EU, where output is limited to 100 mw max. It is far below the North American max of 4W and 1/3 the setting of the popular 200 mw Senao cards.   The Sveasoft code is completely open source.   IMO people shouldn't spread groundless FUD.