One correction, I had originally specified the 1996 order regarding this, but further research lead me to the full updated part 15. So disregard the 1996 rule amendment reference below, it was a referring to a 1996 order that amended part 15.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Ratcliffe Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:58 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] MT Babble I found the FCC document regarding the modular certifications. If Mikrotik would submit (or someone submitted on their behalf, for them) their boards and representative power supplies, for FCC testing, and passed (no peripheral cards, they are SEPARATELY tested for FCC compliance by the manufacturer, it's in this document), they would become PCs and fall under the 1996 FCC order listed below. If we used VIA, or any number of already modular certified FCC motherboards, it would all fall under this order. Cases are not FCC certified only motherboards, peripherals and power supplies. So take a motherboard, power supply and a peripheral wireless card, put it into a NEMA enclosure, add an antenna that's certified for use with that wireless card. How is that not FCC legal? It mentions an FCC DoC sticker some of us may be familiar with: Trade Name Model Number FCC Assembled from Tested Components (Complete System Not Tested) I have a Compaq Presario 5100NX, Dell Dimension 8100 and Dimension 2400 in my repair department right now, NO FCC stickers on the cases. Part 15 as of May 4, 2007: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/rules/part15/part15-5-4-07.pdf Listed on these pages: Page 12-15: Regarding labelling for Declaration of Conformity, home-build and kit computers. Page 28 - Section 15.101 Equipment authorization of unintentional radiators. See type of device, class B personal computers and peripherals: Declaration of Conformity. Page 29 subsections C and D - Personal Computers shall be authorized in accordance with one of the following methods And of course, on page 86 the very vague "modular transmitter" section regarding "unique" antenna connectors, shielded RF components (I believe Ubiquity has cards like this). I did a search in this document for the following words: "operating system" 0 results. "software" 2 results - neither of which have to do with operating systems. Maybe this will be dismissed as a bad interpretation, but Mikrotik looks suspiciously like a PC operating system, much like Windows or Linux. Not a modular transmitter device like an AP. I can put a CD in my home computer and load Mikrotik on it. So how is the device a Mikrotik OS runs on not considered a PC? Just some food for thought; with the information that backs it up right from the FCC site. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: 6/4/2007 6:43 PM -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
