Re:Ten Years of ThinkPadding
by WesolyKubeczek on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:00PM
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In newer models they stopped doing that (xx50 and up, I thing). Must have been relaxing of some FCC requirements or something.
Previously I've read that this whitelisting was due to the fact FCC would certify the laptop with the particular adapter as a whole, and replacing the wifi/wwan adapter, or adding WWAN where there wasn't one, would make the whole device "uncertified".
Previously I've read that this whitelisting was due to the fact FCC would certify the laptop with the particular adapter as a whole, and replacing the wifi/wwan adapter, or adding WWAN where there wasn't one, would make the whole device "uncertified".