Subj : Blocking Routers from installing Open Source
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Sat Mar 19 2016 11:01:00

Good ${greeting_time}, Bj”rn!

18 Mar 2016 23:49:22, you wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> Mind you - if people are modifying their WAPS so that they can
 DD>> drown out a weather radar then something needs to be done.
 BF> LOL! That is sooo stupid.
 BF> In Sweden (and rest of Europe I think) the output power on a WiFi
 BF> transmitter is limited to 20mW.

At least half of Europe and a large part of Asia limits the power of any non-licensed transmitters at 150 mW.

 BF> My LinkSys boxes can be raised to 255mW when using dd-wrt.

Yes, and nobody will care of that.

 BF> My microwave oven transmits on basically the same frequency range
 BF> and it's output power is 900W. I'm fairly sure that more than 20mW
 BF> of that escapes the box.

Much less: magnetrons are very efficient and well directed.

 BF> Maybe the FAA should look over their equipment and make sure it
 BF> doesn't go berserk when a 255mW transmitter is nearby...

Once again: nobody will care for WiFi range.


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