Harold,
You have peaked my interest. I see no mention of FCC certs for different
radios and antenna on your site. If I were to buy a DLB2350 and add a
2.4G 9dBi Rubber Ducky (RPSMA) would I have something you guys have had
certified? Is there a place on your site that says what combinations of
antenna and radios have certs with the FCC? I am not just asking for the
heck of it I am actually looking for a lower cost solution with WPA2 for
Hotspot deployment in Enterprises like schools and this may well be the
best option for the money I have seen thus far if it is actually certified.
Thank you,
John Scrivner
PS. Is Deliberant thinking of joining WISPA? If you need help with your
decision feel free to hit me offlist.
Harold Bledsoe wrote:
The one thing I would note about many of the "roll your own" systems is
that typically they consist of a certified module (mPCI card) and a
single board computer. As long as you stick to single radio setups,
then typically the only thing required is a Declaration of Conformity
(unintentional radiator testing). This is quite a bit cheaper than a
full certification that has both the intentional and unintentional
radiator tests. That said, it *does* require the certified module to
have been certified with a wide range of antennas, which is not commonly
done today.
Oh, and consider our horn tooted. :-)
-Hal
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Harold Bledsoe
Deliberant LLC
http://www.deliberant.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of George Rogato
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 7:06 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] roll your own radios..
One reason the non certified manufacturers are not certifying their
equipment is because of the changes that take place in such short time
periods.
To certify a system, the radio card, the antenna AND "the board" which
drives the card has to be certified together as a complete system.
The roll your own non certified equipment changes very fast. It's always
a newer faster board or a newer better card. Just a few months ago the
CM9 was the rage of Atheros, now seems like the WLMG54 is popular.
couple months ago wraps were the ticket and now it's war boards..
I don't think it's likely to see too many certifying systems under these
conditions. But I'm sure they could easily be certified. it just takes
money.
George
Matt Liotta wrote:
Jack Unger wrote:
First, our "small group" can certainly influence manufacturers. The
voice of an industry trade organization (which is what we are)
carries
a lot of weight if we simply decide to use that voice to speak out.
Only if we say nothing, will our voice carry no weight. In that case,
we might as well cease to exist.
We can influence manufacturers by explaining what we want them to
produce and if they produce it we will buy it. Take for example the
whole thread on MTU size, which seemed to get at least one manufacture
to take notice. That however is because they could actually lose sales
if they don't pay attention to our needs. I personally don't see any
benefit provided by current non-certified gear, so its not like I will
start buying the gear if it was certified. Therefore, what incentive
would such a manufacture have knowing my position? I guess a better
question is what benefit does non-certified gear have over certified
gear? I personally don't see the benefit, so why waste time trying to
convince the manufacture to certify it?
Second, I'd venture a guess that many WISPA members DO sometimes buy
non-certified equipment. We can't make a blanket statement that all
WISPA members buy only certified equipment. Even if it were true that
all WISPA members bought only certified equipment (and I'll bet you a
steak dinner that it's not true) what about all the other WISPs and
WISP-industry providers who are on our mailing lists and who are
influenced by what we say and do? Is it WISPA's job to stand up for
what's legal and what's right or should WISPA just say "Forget it, we
don't care, it's not our job, and we're too busy".
I am all for standing up for what is legal, but what does that mean in
practical terms for WISPA?
I submit that it's part of our job to educate the industry. If WISPs
don't know that certification is a requirement, then IT'S OUR JOB to
help them learn. Once they know the laws of the industry that they
are
joining then they will want to buy certified equipment.
Why is it our job?
By the way, who would start a business in an industry and then not
want to know the laws that regulate that industry? How far would I
get
(and how smart would I be) if I opened a new restaurant in your
neighborhood but I didn't stop long enough to learn about the
sanitation laws in your city? Would you feel confident bringing your
new girlfriend to my restaurant on Friday night?
Those are interesting questions that don't seem to apply to my
position.
A more analogical question would be should the other restaurants help
you learn what you are unwilling to do on your own? How long will a
business survive with such an attitude? Why not just wait for them to
die on their own?
-Matt
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