From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oi0-x229.google.com (mail-oi0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C75521FDE5 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:58:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by oixx17 with SMTP id x17so81909751oix.0 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:58:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YrNi0SDqK413K5A/xth/xN0ZoZxv1zieFQWyUfs/te8=; b=lelCZLOhiikZENPvDuNrXNzTMl3PKE50QEJnICJVLy5kVXddV889o8s9jm8Ltr+u+/ +QpYD/mWU2iVHtiEu2LzAy94Lrj0qa93Eh7/8VDgxP6zNw2jCjJhx6u99NyGcbNZ2z80 Y9VcfBumcL0Tje9sENV9mlkQeHqTevxXueFlrtvb6p58MD+cE0RpoPP1cgDSP6qycc3M 1sUCAilyuwJDIzPtHThT+EpUi/LkcK5GDbRlPzOHzTU9bB0u5rlrXTjj2UsNwK721gY3 /1nYfs2q02lOHi5n6kqaEd6Zr2WE7HHWugwGbzUldmabpq1F4ONJX/KGBaDylpGIWlMM EjXQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.203.194 with SMTP id b185mr8689847oig.104.1443394698073; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.108.212 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:58:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 15:58:18 -0700 Message-ID: From: Dave Taht To: Battle of the Mesh Mailing List , "cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net" , fcc@lists.prplfoundation.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Cerowrt-devel] [Battlemesh] New wifi products now already with locked firmware X-BeenThere: cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues regarding the cerowrt test router project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:58:41 -0000 On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Ben West wrote: > This is the thread start on the PRPL Foundation listserv discussing the > appearance of wifi routers that now have locked stock firmware that > prohibits flashing alternate firmware. Yes, before the FCC's proposed > rulemaking even gets approved! > http://lists.prplfoundation.org/pipermail/fcc/2015-September/000339.html > > This thread began at prompt of an Ars Technica writer, who just published > this story: > > FCC: Open source router software is still legal=E2=80=94under certain con= ditions > Locking out OpenWRT and DD-WRT is the easiest way to comply with new FCC > rules > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/fcc-open-source-rou= ter-software-is-still-legal-under-certain-conditions/ > > These are the specific products mentioned in the thread where locked > firmware was encountered: > Rosewill RNX-N300RTv2 > TP-Link TL-WR841N v8.2 > Netgear WNDR4300 It would be extremely useful to know A) what code and versions (dates) were in the related GPL drop of this code (if there was one), and B) if anyone had managed to already unlock these firmwares somehow... in the context of the cerowrt letter. Can someone poke into this (very late here... zzzzzz....) > Some of these products were observed to not have locked firmware previous= ly, > even for the same hardware revision. > > The TL-WR841N, for example, appears on the list of hardware potentially > supported by Commotion, which evidently may change very soon. > https://wiki.commotionwireless.net/doku.php/development_resources/router/= hardware_compatibility_list > > -- > Ben West > ben@gowasabi.net > > _______________________________________________ > Battlemesh mailing list > Battlemesh@ml.ninux.org > http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh > --=20 Dave T=C3=A4ht Do you want faster, better, wifi? https://www.patreon.com/dtaht