On 20/02/07, Srini RamaKrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As far as I know the MacBook Pro C2D supports 802.11 a/b/g officially, and draft "n" unofficially. However, my notebook doesn't detect an 802.11a network. Co-workers tell me that Macs sold in India have 802.11a support disabled since it is not an allowed spectrum in India. Would anyone have more information? My favorite search engine is not being very helpful right now.
Your colleague seems to be correct. The TRAI's website is a horrible mess, but some judicious googling came up several whitepapers etc. that talk about de-licensing the 5GHz band for 802.11a use, they also seem to acknowledge that 11a's acceptance is going to be low because of 11b/g and possibly 11n. What I could eventually make out is that 5GHz is indeed not available for public use, and de-licensing it will take time so as to migrate existing users away. http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/Recommendations/21/Recommendations%20on%20Internet%20and%20Broadband%202004-04-29%20FINAL.pdf Binand
