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Re: OT: Router behaviour



rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: 
> On Thursday, February 04, 2021 11:13:09 PM David Wright wrote:
> > > A while ago I moved house (and countries) and since arriving in the new
> > > house I have been using a WiFi router provided by my broadband provider,
> > > somewhat reluctantly, but without a really serious alternative since the
> > > router also contains the ISP's modem. In the old place I used a
> > > store-bought router+WiFi device of very typical type (Buffalo brand,
> > > although I don't expect that to be relevant) plugged into the (cable)
> > > modem.
> > 
> > (Presumably it's still legal to run.)
> 
> Is there something that would make an old router illegal to use?  Does that 
> depend on the country you live in?

Different countries have different assigned WiFi channels; it's
not a matter of age, but of location.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels

-dsr-


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