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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Questions about crda,iw  and wireless-regdb packages
From:       Helmut Schaa <hschaa () suse ! de>
Date:       2009-02-24 7:12:27
Message-ID: 200902240812.27734.hschaa () suse ! de
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Am Montag, 23. Februar 2009 schrieb Felix Möller:
> Hi,
> 
> >> Furthermore the wireless satck will still be functional without
> >> CRDA. 
> > 
> > IMHO that remaining functionality is too limited. Think about a WLAN , where 
> > the router is intentionally  configured not to use channel 1-11,maybe because 
> > that range is overloaded with other WLANs.  After the Upgrade to factory/11.2 
> > you won't be able to connect to that WLAN any more without setting the 
> > regulatory domain.

> There were allready problems with the regulatory domain before. I was not able
> to connect with ath5k to a network on channel 13 ...

Right. Using channels 12 and 13 (and 14 in Japan) should be possible with
factory now (if crda, wireless-regdb and iw is installed and the regulatory
domain is set correctly).

Helmut
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