A method that utilizes both software and combination software and hardware
mechanisms to comply with the FCC requirement for an U-NII antenna to be
an integral part of the device, while providing CRUable dual mode
wireless cards and wireless-ready U-NII devices. Enhancements are made to
the system BIOS and Device Driver, and two new software-implemented
utilities are provided to create authentication schemes that verify and
authenticates the CRUable dual mode U-NII radio and antenna combination
as being an FCC approved unique coupling during operation of the system.
The system boots with only ISM transmission capability and is allowed to
complete a U-NII transmission request only with an approved U-NII
radio-antenna combination.