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Laptops for example have an FCC label (take a look at the bottom of yours) as they have radio equipment on them in the form of a Bluetooth adapter/Wi-Fi adapter
by ignisf 11y ago
Laptops for example have an FCC label (take a look at the bottom of yours) as they have radio equipment on them in the form of a Bluetooth adapter/Wi-Fi adapter/3g modem.
- tzs 11y agoIf you look up that FCC ID, however, it will usually turn out to not be the ID of the laptop. It will be the ID of the wifi adaptor, and it was the wifi adaptor maker that got the certification, not the laptop maker. It is that wifi adaptor maker that is responsible for ensuring that the radio stays in compliance. The laptop maker generally will only need to deal with the rules from part 15B, unintentional radiators. The laptop maker won't have to lock down the laptop OS.
- grapeshot 11y agoMost laptop manufacturers now have a whitelist in the BIOS to prevent the use of wireless adapters that didn't ship with the machine. (Lenovo, HP and Toshiba definitely do this.) Up until Sandy Bridge it was usually possible to patch this out with a modified BIOS update but now laptop BIOSes are signed and this is not possible.