I can't answer that one Travis - other than to say that they managed
it somehow because their routerboard & operating system has absolutely
passed the test with many antennas. There may be a MikroTik Jeanie included
with the sticker. Hehehe
I do know that I did see the test results of the 5.3 GHz /R52 radio and the
test results showed the reduced power in the graphs. I don't imagine it
would be too hard to leave out or disable "certain" abilities of their
functionality. It could be as easy as just not allowing those options to
show up in US models of their software that have FCC Certs. All units that
will be US FCC certified will come as a unit - -we will not be able to build
them ourselves. If we alter it after it has been certified by reloading the
OS - - we uncertified our own gear, but then - - if you alter RedLine or
Trango's gear it is no longer certified either.
This was just my $0.02 worth and in no way do I represent MikroTik or their
views/beliefs. The above was/is my own little pea brain and infantile
thoughts J
Mac
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:14 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Certifiable MikroTik? YES!!
Mac,
Here is where it will get interesting... in the actual MT software. How are
they going to "lock down" the software so the power outputs, channels, etc.
are all within FCC guidelines? They are almost going to have to have a
seperate MT version... which to me seems pretty unlikely. :(
Travis
Microserv
Mac Dearman wrote:
David,
What this means is that MT has put together a combination of antennas
from different manufacturers connected to their hardware and had them
certified as "meeting the FCC criteria" thus giving them the ability to
produce "exact" replicas of what they had certified. It does not mean that
if we (wireless operators) slam the same gear (identical or not) together
and hang on a tower - - its FCC Certified - - it's not.
The big picture here is that their hardware (whatever routerboard(s) they
used), radios, antennas, jumpers, pigtails, enclosure and choice of antennas
are certified and will soon be on the market for resale with that little
white sticker that seems so important!
Mac
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David E. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:46 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] FCC Certifiable MikroTik? YES!!
Mac Dearman wrote:
I thought I would share some of MikroTik's FCC certified gear with
the list.
[ snip ]
Okay, I'm gonna hate myself for asking this, because it means opening
the dread Pandora's Box that is "FCC certification questions."
The Routerboard 52 is "just" a mini-PCI card. Is this certification
still valid when you use it as part of anything else? If so, with what?
Can I connect it to a Routerboard 532 with Mikrotik's RouterOS software
and legally use it? Can I put it in my laptop computer? Can I run it
with Valemount's StarOS software, regardless of what antenna it's
connected to?
It's nice that this component is FCC-friendly, but you need a lot of
components to get customers online.
David Smith
MVN.net
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