[Battlemesh] Chilling effect - Lockdown (FCC/EU)

Yes. Less than 24 hours ago I was given the following information from a customer service rep from tplink: Adam Longwill09:10:01 pm downgrading does not work I get an 18005 errror upon attempting to downgrade I want to know if this is because of the FCC's rules regarding broadcast strength and DFS control. Has TP-Link complied with these rules and locked down its firmware and if so, for what models I need to know if I am going to continue purchasing devices from you. Camille09:13:25 pm wait one moment please Thanks for your waiting, right now only these products has limitation on firmware: Archer C7 V2 Archer C1900 V1 Touch P5 V1 Archer C2600 V1 Archer C3200 V1 Archer C2 V1 Archer C5 V2 Archer C8 V1 Archer C9 V1 TL-WR841N V11 TL-WDR3500 V1 TL-WR940N V3.0 TL-WR1043ND V3.0 TL-WR710N(USA) TL-WR841N V9.0 and all products will also limite firmware in the future. Adam Longwill09:26:19 pm Wow. Thank you. I'm impressed with your digging And this limitation is due to FCC rule clarifications in 2015? And not some other reason Camille09:28:15 pm Right, due to FCC Adam Longwill09:28:50 pm Thank you very much. Can you explain why the WDR3600 appears to be locked down? Is it possible that your list is not totally updated? And do you have a method or avenue that people who wish to use other firmware have? Camille09:34:02 pm Yes, wdr3600 as dual band wifi router, is also locked down. And there is no other way to use other firmware. Sorry for that Adam Longwill09:34:19 pm Thank you very much, Camille. You've been very helpful Sorry for the formatting, I'm on mobile. I'm very interested in what we, as a community, can do to ensure we can continue to build our networks. On Feb 17, 2016 12:51 PM, "Adam Longwill" <adam.longwill at gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. Less than 24 hours ago I was given the following information from a > customer service rep from tplink: > > Adam Longwill09:10:01 pm downgrading does not work > I get an 18005 errror > upon attempting to downgrade > I want to know if this is because of the FCC's rules regarding broadcast > strength and DFS control. Has TP-Link complied with these rules and locked > down its firmware and if so, for what models > I need to know if I am going to continue purchasing devices from you. > > Camille09:13:25 pm wait one moment please > Thanks for your waiting, right now only these products has limitation on > firmware: Archer C7 V2 Archer C1900 V1 Touch P5 V1 Archer C2600 V1 Archer > C3200 V1 Archer C2 V1 Archer C5 V2 Archer C8 V1 Archer C9 V1 TL-WR841N V11 > TL-WDR3500 V1 TL-WR940N V3.0 TL-WR1043ND V3.0 TL-WR710N(USA) TL-WR841N V9.0 > and all products will also limite firmware in the future. > > Adam Longwill09:26:19 pm Wow. Thank you. I'm impressed with your digging > And this limitation is due to FCC rule clarifications in 2015? > And not some other reason > > Camille09:28:15 pm Right, due to FCC > > Adam Longwill09:28:50 pm Thank you very much. Can you explain why the > WDR3600 appears to be locked down? Is it possible that your list is not > totally updated? > And do you have a method or avenue that people who wish to use other > firmware have? > > Camille09:34:02 pm Yes, wdr3600 as dual band wifi router, is also locked > down. And there is no other way to use other firmware. Sorry for that > > Adam Longwill09:34:19 pm Thank you very much, Camille. You've been very > helpful > > Sorry for the formatting, I'm on mobile. > > I'm very interested in what we, as a community, can do to ensure we can > continue to build our networks. > Dear fellow meshas, > > we are searching, if there is a proof that manufacturers already locking > down to follow the EU 2014/53 or FCC? > > The result is that alternative software cannot be flashed, even if they > stated in the guideline that this was not the goal? > An article or spec or something? > > Thanks a lot, Monic > > PS: ETSI has the standard for DRM on SDR-Modules nearly finished … one > said to me, but I don’t have more infos at the moment. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Battlemesh mailing list > Battlemesh at ml.ninux.org > http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ml.ninux.org/pipermail/battlemesh/attachments/20160217/71d9fa64/attachment.htm>