Ok. I've said this before. On a home PC, I don't need to certify a Dell computer running Win2k and a Netgear wireless card to be FCC legal, so why is Mikrotik any different?
Almost everything computerized is ALL modular certified. What makes homebrewed any different? Is a Dell/HP/clone PC running Linux and a Netgear wireless card breaking the law? Does that Netgear need a cert for every OS supported? I remember this FCC modular computer battle in the early 90s. Also, many brands of wireless cards actually ask what governing domain is to be installed, again not unlike Mikrotik. I believe everything Mikrotik is running on as long as the components meet modular FCC cert , would be governed as PCs and not as dedicated electronics like Canopy or Trango. In the case of a laptop running a miniPCI card, if the local Best Buy puts a different brand in on a Linux OS, did they break the law and should be fined for violating Part 15? Is running Linux illegal by the FCC? -----Original Message----- From: D. Ryan Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:17 PM To: 'WISPA General List' <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [WISPA] MT Babble I don't really care for the whole discussion of whether certified gear should be used or not. Every piece of gear has advantages and disadvantages as well as pricing considerations. Regardless of whether someone is willing to use uncertified gear, I am sure that given the choice between uncertified and certified everyone would choose certified every time. Therefore, uncertified gear is at a disadvantage to other gear, so it must make up for this disadvantage some other way or no one would choose it. What is MT's advantage? In a word, horsepower. I am considering taking a collection for the fee required to have the a Microtik based system certified. I wish one of the bigger players out there would just DO this. I would pay a PREMIUM for an AP with the horsepower and features that the Microtik offers-- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
