On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote:

> In message: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201141330040.3935-100000@green.home.org>
>             billy ball <bball@tux.org> writes:
> : - btw, the card is interesting: pcmcia w/a detachable antenna... IIRC, the
> : FCC requires proprietary connectors, and the detachable antenna has two
> 
> I don't recall this requirement in all the reading that I've done on
> 2.4GHz wireless.  Both the wavelan and the cisco cards have "standard"
> cables on them, in that you can easily get the parts to make your own
> cable.  Much of the reason you see oddball connectors is so that the
> producer of the card can ding you again for a lot of $$ for a cheap to
> make dongle cable.

you're most likely correct (i defer to you as the expert - you're the same 
'Warner' going to BSDCON and the BSD pcmcia dude, right?)

the only reason i mentioned it is that i ran across this somewhere in my 
rambling browsing sessions (can't give a specific URL, and the mind's like 
a sieve nowadays)...

:-)

> 
> Warner
>