Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network
Date	2023-05-14 06:00 +0200
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On Sun 14 May 2023 at 06:37:52 (+0800), hl wrote:
> i try old  FreeBSD-12.4, accept default FCC/US though i am not in US,
> wifi scan succeeds

I don't know how freebsd handles this. In linux, setting the wrong
country can only reduce the performance you get, because it's likely
that the equipment you're using is already constrained by its
burned-in regulatory domain, and any limits (to TX power, channels,
etc) are combined. So you might as well get it right.

If the page you cited in your OP is up-to-date, then also bear in mind
that freebsd claims to use different country codes from the usual ISO
ones that linux uses (/usr/share/misc/countries.gz). One of them is
Australia, as it happens, a country partly running 8 hours ahead, like
wherever you are.

Cheers,
David.

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Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-13 16:30 +0200
  Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-05-13 16:50 +0200
  Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 17:20 +0200
    Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-13 18:00 +0200
      Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-05-13 18:40 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-14 01:00 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-14 06:00 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@debian-user.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2023-05-16 13:10 +0200

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