This is what I found as generic instructions for the iwl3945 driver: <quote> If you are not in the US, more Wifi channels are available (EU: 13 instead of 11). If you cannot see your Wifi, but you know it is there, check if it is on Channel 12 or 13. To fix, create /etc/modprobe.d/iwl3945-fix and add the following line: "options cfg80211 ieee80211_regdom=EU". Reload to the driver for the change to become active: "modprobe -r iwl3945", then "modprobe iwl3945". </quote> However, these instructions are not Fedora-specific and I am not sure how old. So is this the *proper* way to configure this thing in Fedora 12? And btw, IIRC during the installation, anaconda asks me for geographical location (to setup local time or whatever...). If I am somewhere outside US, could this thing be configured automatically? I understand that this is not allowed in US, but is the situation as hopeless as the software patents problem, or can something be done about it? Finally, I am curious --- if I live in Europe, have wireless channels 12 and 13 active by default on my laptop, and then decide to travel to USA for a week, am I breaking some law? I mean *unintentionally*, since I might not be aware of the details of my computer setup? I guess one could ask similar question wrt strong encryption algorithms and other stuff illegal in US-only... So what is the story here? :-) Best, :-) Marko -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
