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RE: 802.11a - update


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: 802.11a - update
  • From: "Gerard McGovern" <stuff@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:35:27 -0000
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> On Tuesday 12 March 2002 19:47 pm, Gerard McGovern wrote:
> > For those of you who are interested, 802.11a, the hi-speed
wireless
> > system, has been approved for use in the UK.
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/24399.html
>
> Can US kit operate in the UK (frequency wise) or are we going
> to have to pay
> over the odds because the manufacturers have to produce small
> quantity runs
> just for this country?

As far as I know, the UK has authorized slightly different frequencies
to the USA/Canada. So in theory, all it would take is a firmware update
on the base station and a driver update on the client. But that, of
course, is in theory.

G




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