Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:28:09 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Andres Beek <andres.beek@mail.ee> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Uanble to enable 802.11g chanels above 11 despite of the REGDOMAIN set Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=-k2XjuKGSDSCx=KLu-3oO3meJ3Rm03CgJV-VrWMw-kg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ECFFB3C.16808.D76FB2F@andres.beek.mail.ee>
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Just for you (and others) reference, just because you're overriding the regulatory domain with a specific value doesn't mean the NIC has all the calibration data you need for operation on those channels. For example, just because you can configure a NIC to be in the japan country code, doesn't instantly give you access to the two 4.9ghz channels. :-) There's more involved then just overriding the regulatory domain. Hence, if it's an AR5416 or later, we can easily inspect the EEPROM calibration/channel edge values and see what the NIC is configured for. It's possible your NIC has channel edges which exclude > channel 11. At which point you won't be able to use those frequencies without (further) breaking all kinds of potential legal issues. Thanks, Adrianhome | help
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