[Cerowrt-devel] TP-link archer C5 AC1200 - Still no truth in labeling

[Cerowrt-devel] TP-link archer C5 AC1200 - Still no truth in labeling

[Dave Taht]

So I've been getting setup again for a run against make-wifi-fast.
Today I went to frys to refresh my hardware. I knew that the tp-link
archer C5 was "good", so I got one... opened the box... only to find
that it was a C5 v2 (only noted on the router itself), which is a
complete swap-out from the well supported-by-openwrt atheros mips
chipset to a broadcom and totally-unsupported by openwrt *arm* one.

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c5-c7-wdr7500

If porshe completely swapped out the engine and all the electronics
from model year to model year, and switched from diesel to gas, they'd
at least somehow, make clear that "stuff had changed under the hood".

Somehow, this awful habit of the home router industry has gotta change.

 While I look forward to benchmarking a "new" product with it's
default firmware, it was not my intent to support in any way yet
another model change of this sort. To add even more insult to
injury... this ostensibly "new" product is running kernel 2.6.36.4
according to their GPL drop.


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Dave Täht
Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software!
https://www.gofundme.com/savewifi

Re: [Cerowrt-devel] TP-link archer C5 AC1200 - Still no truth in labeling

[Joel Wirāmu Pauling]

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I have half a dozen c7 v2 bought over the last 6 months - they are still
atheros. I have not touched the cheaper c5's

Good to know. Although frustrating however.

On 3 February 2016 at 18:09, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:

> So I've been getting setup again for a run against make-wifi-fast.
> Today I went to frys to refresh my hardware. I knew that the tp-link
> archer C5 was "good", so I got one... opened the box... only to find
> that it was a C5 v2 (only noted on the router itself), which is a
> complete swap-out from the well supported-by-openwrt atheros mips
> chipset to a broadcom and totally-unsupported by openwrt *arm* one.
>
> https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-c5-c7-wdr7500
>
> If porshe completely swapped out the engine and all the electronics
> from model year to model year, and switched from diesel to gas, they'd
> at least somehow, make clear that "stuff had changed under the hood".
>
> Somehow, this awful habit of the home router industry has gotta change.
>
>  While I look forward to benchmarking a "new" product with it's
> default firmware, it was not my intent to support in any way yet
> another model change of this sort. To add even more insult to
> injury... this ostensibly "new" product is running kernel 2.6.36.4
> according to their GPL drop.
>
>
> --
> Dave Täht
> Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software!
> https://www.gofundme.com/savewifi
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