<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Presently, Commotion is being built for TP-Link WDR3600 and WDR4300, among others.<br><a href="https://commotionwireless.net/docs/guides-howtos/recommended-hardware/">https://commotionwireless.net/docs/guides-howtos/recommended-hardware/</a><br><a href="https://commotionwireless.net/download/routers/">https://commotionwireless.net/download/routers/</a><br><br></div>Please be advised people have confirmed these very TP-Link products and plenty others are now appearing in the field with 3rd-party firmware upgrade locked out.  I.e. Commotion's install instructions will no longer work.<br><br></div>The particular conversation with the TP-Link support rep quoted below also mentions 2.4GHz products being locked too, with FCC rulemaking cited as (incorrect) reason.<br><div><br><a href="http://ml.ninux.org/pipermail/battlemesh/2016-February/004379.html" target="_blank">http://ml.ninux.org/pipermail/battlemesh/2016-February/004379.html</a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11122966" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11122966</a><br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/46c0t0/tplink_begins_router_lockdown_due_to_fcc_proposed/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/46c0t0/tplink_begins_router_lockdown_due_to_fcc_proposed/</a><br><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/save_wifi_round_2" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/save_wifi_round_2</a> (funding campaign started in response)<br><br clear="all"><div><div>I read some hair-splitting about whether TP-Link started doing this in response to the FCC proposed rulemaking re: 5.8GHz operation, or whether they had their own reasons.<br></div><div><br>Precise details of the lockdown are still sketchy, but it looks like a serial console is needed to override it.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Ben West<div><a href="http://gowasabi.net" target="_blank">http://gowasabi.net</a><br><a href="mailto:ben@gowasabi.net" target="_blank">ben@gowasabi.net</a><br>314-246-9434<br></div></div>
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