On 4 Jan 2012, at 17:25, Paul Hill (phill) wrote:
> In case anyone is getting excited thinking they can enable FCC
> radio powers on an ETSI AP just by changing the country code on
> the controller, it's not quite that easy or we'd get our wrists
> slapped with a lawsuit for allowing it. :)
>
> Maximum radio power enforcement is set in the AP part code, but
> the controllers are multi-country capable as some customers
> run their controller(s) across a whole continent supporting many
> APs in different countries - each needing different channel
> sets in certain countries, but under the same regulatory domain.
>
> What you can't do is run APs across multiple regulatory domains
> from a single controller. Well, I say you can't; it's supported
> but not recommended as to stay compliant the controller has to
> run them all using the most conservative channel and power set
> of the most restrictive domain - and apply that to all of them
> which could reduce your options on what channels and powers are
> made available.
>
> Paul
Thanks Paul, I'd forgotten the APs are region coded too. Hence the E in the SKU (e.g. AIR-LAP1142N-E-K9 )
Scott
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