Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:05 pm
normis,
Actually, not really, adding support for the detection of the card and just enabling the 802.11a/b/g features of the card is just like putting a B/G card in with a B only driver in a computer. It will work with the card as long as it knows what the firmware on the card is saying, but the n features (MIMO, etc) don't need to be enabled. Just update your detection to support the device ID of the SR71 and let it be talked to just like the a/b/g cards from Ubiquiti.
I'd rather guess that you're right nz_monkey, it seems that they are developing their own product to do combat in the 802.11n segment of the market and hoping that we are all dumb enough to buy the stories on why they won't support any other 802.11n products at the moment. You would think that at 40+ bucks a pop for the licenses they would be willing to make a few updates to the OS if it meant they could sell more licenses, as I would be buying some more if I could just run the hardware I need.