From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from uplift.swm.pp.se (ipv6.swm.pp.se [IPv6:2a00:801::f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9742221F6F3 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 04:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by uplift.swm.pp.se (Postfix, from userid 501) id BC319A2; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:20:45 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=swm.pp.se; s=mail; t=1448972445; bh=uzvpDmWQlolv5cn9LIr4ZImt5TdcLVUjzHYGkFeh/FQ=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=FdOpY83EGlwhvWj0fR7aSmvzD0HZFtJ/kWzA86KbkF799vEPwQP0W3reJXi6tYEMv uXm4oojj9mmRKhFrUmZHR7Yywl6hg/w6CpQQbafKM1z6PuR/o2MWvQ5xsDNFD5Z1qr 3MVa6OqdS7uG2K5Ihl63B8R9OFvHXEBcnjJ5/OjE= Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by uplift.swm.pp.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2DB7A1; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:20:45 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:20:45 +0100 (CET) From: Mikael Abrahamsson To: John Yates In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <87si3n5rgn.fsf@alrua-desktop.borgediget.toke.dk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (DEB 1266 2009-07-14) Organization: People's Front Against WWW MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Ondrej Filip , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] turris omnia cracks 300k in funding X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 12:21:12 -0000 On Mon, 30 Nov 2015, John Yates wrote: > Ha! I have purchased mini WiFi cards in the past and stuck them in > laptops but those have always been the card sanctioned by the laptop's > manufacturer. I guess it had not occurred to me that WiFi cards must > conform to some standardized interface and hence be at least moderately > interchangeable. Most of the cards is actually mini pci-express, so it's definitely a standard. On for instance Lenovo laptops, then what PCI-E cards can be put into them is checked by the BIOS, and there are people that modify their BIOS to remove this bootup check to be able to put non-sanctioned cards into the laptop. Vendors tend to blame for instance FCC for the "sanctioned card"-lock, but... -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se