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Just a side note about those weird screws. When dealing with consumer wifi gear, the FCC required that we use non-standard antenna connectors, for instance - t
by dedward 16y ago
Just a side note about those weird screws.
When dealing with consumer wifi gear, the FCC required that we use non-standard antenna connectors, for instance - to prevent people from just putting whatever they wanted on there.
This wasn't specifically to prevent tampering, but to make it evident that, from our point of view as a company, we do not intend or encourage people to just open it up and mess with it.
- trotsky 16y agoIs there something more to that story? I have plenty of consumer wifi gear (<$50 routers, <$20 usb adapters) that have 100% standard antenna connectors. In fact, I don't have a piece of consumer radio gear that has a non-standard antenna connector.
- wmf 16y agoThe FCC requirements about non-user-modifiable equipment are vague, so some people interpreted them to mean non-standard connectors and others interpreted them to mean simply not telling the customer about non-compliant antennas.