Does FreeBSD AP (with ath) transmit regulatory domain? Should it?

Bernhard Schmidt bschmidt at freebsd.org
Sun Apr 29 17:05:41 UTC 2012


On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 18:58, Lev Serebryakov <lev at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hello, Bernhard.
> You wrote 29 апреля 2012 г., 20:49:10:
>
>>>  So, it seems, that my Intel card is limited to channels 1-11 in
>>> EPROM, even if Intel claims, that every card could work with every
>>> channel (link in my first message in thread), and cards are not
>>> limited by country, but works according to available APs.
> BS> Right, to do so it must receive the beacons though, if it doesn't it
> BS> can't do something based on "available APs". ;)
>  :)
>
> BS> What OS is this on? I remember Intel has a configuration utility at
> BS> least on Windows, might be worth having a look at that. Maybe there is
> BS> an option in that regard.
>   Windows  XP. Card has a lot of options on Property page "Advanced,"
>  like  power saving, mode of operation, etc, etc, but not "regdomain"
>  or "country" one.

Something like "roaming" maybe?

I guess you're really out of luck then. Maybe try booting another OS
just to test if the channels are really not available. Testing another
AP might also be a good idea.

-- 
Bernhard


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