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Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers by Denatonium on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @08:35PM (#29644528)
Most modern wireless cards will do a scan for wireless networks on startup and set their regulatory domain to the one regulatory domain contained in the majority of beacons from surrounding wireless APs. This can't (easily) be overridden and prevents people from setting the wrong country and causing interference, while still allowing a single WLAN card to work globally.

Intel calls this "Location Aware Regulatory".

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Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers by nielsole on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:24AM (#29646418)
> This can't (easily) be overridden

Isn't it a simple drop-down in openwrt?

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Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers by detaro on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:46AM (#29646542)
There being a dropdown doesn't tell you if the radio actually does anything with it.
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Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers by Operyl on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:44AM (#29646532)
Not all radios support this in openwrt.
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Re:Hidden Networks in TP-Link Routers by NegativeLatency on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:35AM (#29646474)
Raspberry pies ask you for the country
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