Tom DeReggi wrote:
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4) We discussed the option for self/group effort to certifying gear
combinations. It won't be an option that will be viable. It must be a
"Manufacturer" that applied for equipment certification, as there must
be an accountable/responsible/liable party. A group applying for
certification, would have to take liabilty and prove their ability to
be able to be accountable. I'm not the police and not going to tell
you what to use, but any way you slice it, make your own StarOS /
Mikrotik gear is illegal (non-certified) in the US. The only way to
not be illegal, is to buy it from a manufacturer that has certified
their combination, or you become a manufacturer yourself and apply
for certification of your combination. The fact that XYZ certified
the combination, does not make your combination certified. UNLESS you
convince XYZ to be responsible and liable for the compliance of the
gear that you bought elsewhere. A MPCI card and antenna is not enough
to be a certified system. There are other components involved like
Main boards and cases, and testing gear during the QC stage to verify
compliance.
So are you saying that a PCMCIA card with software and internal antenna
is not certified?
No one has yet to answer this question for me. Is it legal for Best Buy
to sell DLink/Linksys/Netgear/Belkin/... pcmcia cards for laptops? What
about USB dongles? If they are legal how is they can certify a card and
drivers, but we can't certify a minipci with software?
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
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