"International" channels on a CM9

Benjamin Close Benjamin.Close at clearchain.com
Wed Apr 23 23:17:04 UTC 2008


Jordan Coleman wrote:
> I have an embedded system that contains a Wistron CM9 802.11 card, 
> purchased in the US.  After extensive testing in the US, the unit is 
> now being installed in Europe, where 802.11b/g channels 1-13 are 
> employed.  How can I enable channels 12 and 13 on this hardware, which 
> currently seems to only be able to use the "US" channels, 1-11?
>
> ifconfig has the 'chanlist' command, but it seems like there's more to 
> enabling those channels than just giving the 802.11 stack permission 
> to scan there.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> ++Jordan
Hi Jordan,
    It might be a limitation of the driver. Can you provide more 
details? ie: ifconfig -v

Cheers,
    Benjamin


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