You must not have little kids like I do! They got me up nice and early
at 6:30 AM today. I would not know recognize a weekend morning without
Sagwa or Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of George Rogato
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 8:49 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Brief report from FCC visit
First off Patrick, we will be going to the carpet in a few minutes when
I get my thoughts collected. I just woke up an hour ago and am sometimes
a little sluggish in the early hours.
2nd, Dlink, Linksys and Netgear all have antennas listed on their sites
for use with their units.
I may be wrong, but I would ass u me that they have been certified.
But do your due diligense and check first to make sure.
:)
George
Patrick Leary wrote:
"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
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-----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.
