I never thought of it that way. Doug makes a lot of valid points.
I can put an XR5 with a 32 dbi antenna into a PC and install Windows and be
legal. Why can't I install Mikrotik (a specialized Linux distribution) on
it instead?
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:44 PM
Subject: RE: [WISPA] MT Babble
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?
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From: D. Ryan Spott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 7:17 PM
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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
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