"If your talking boxed units like netgear, dlink, and linksys sell, Of course they are certified. Is the certification void if it was torn apart and had a bigger antenna and amplifier added, probably not, unless it is to their certified specs."
That would be uncertified. This is not a debatable point. This would be taking a consumer device, which is built to permit "self-installation" into a device for which the FCC says there must be a "professional" installation. These are the most confusing parts of the rules for novices, but basically if you are installing for another end user, you are assumed to be "professional," which actually imposes certain liabilities and responsibilities on you. Further, this would void the certification EVEN if it still met the manufacturer specs because, for better of worse, only the OEM manufacturer can self-certify antenna changes. George, you were in the room at the FCC with me when they told us this so you know it. It is impossible to forget since Marlon pounded them about for most of the meeting but they would not budge that only a manufacturer can pick and chose additional antennas and then only antennas of equal or less power AND with similar specs (relative to emissions on sidelobs, etc.). Really all that was done in that ruling was to make the "permissive change" rules more simple. None of this was done for the protection of the manufacturers, but rather to make sure the FCC had one throat to choke. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:24 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brief report from FCC visit Sam Tetherow wrote: > So are you saying that a PCMCIA card with software and internal antenna > is not certified? > > No one has yet to answer this question for me. Is it legal for Best Buy > to sell DLink/Linksys/Netgear/Belkin/... pcmcia cards for laptops? What > about USB dongles? If they are legal how is they can certify a card and > drivers, but we can't certify a minipci with software? > If your talking boxed units like netgear, dlink, and linksys sell, Of course they are certified. Is the certification void if it was torn apart and had a bigger antenna and amplifier added, probably not, unless it is to their certified specs. -- George Rogato Welcome to WISPA www.wispa.org http://signup.wispa.org/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(190). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(42). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(84). ************************************************************************************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
