[Commotion-discuss] New wifi products now already with locked firmware

[Paul Liu]

How about consider another approach. I have been working with Thin Client
maker to convert one of their Thin Client into a portable server. The
original spec is the following:

http://www.atrustcorp.com/product/index/path/1_63/id/86/language/en_us.html#ad-image-0

An Athero WiFi solution and battery has been added in the new model.

Since it is classify as PC, I don't think they will lock the firmware and
you should be able to load the Commotion software.
I am not sure if it is using a Athero solution that is supported by
Commotion

This is more expensive than WiFi router but it has battery.



On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:55 PM, Dan Staples <dan at disman.tl> wrote:

> It's hard to say whether you'll be safe or not. Most of these companies
> will make decisions based on risk of perceived liability, which is why
> we're seeing them lockdown firmware before the FCC regulation even goes
> into into effect. They really don't have any interest or stake in
> supporting open source firmwares, as that's not their business model.
>
> On 09/26/2015 08:58 AM, dpeel at vtlink.net wrote:
> > A small group of us are really excited about building a small mesh
> > network in our low income neighborhood in a city in Vermont. The
> > politicians all say they want to expand broadband internet, but the
> > people we would like to reach can't afford to pay much at all for
> > internet. The cheap internet the big  providers offer them is not very
> > good at all. We think a mesh could do much better for them. It makes me
> > extraordinarily angry that once again government is serving the needs of
> > big corporations. Right now we're using mostly Ubiquity routers. Will
> > they be safe from being locked down?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Ben West" <ben at gowasabi.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:20pm
> > To: "commotion-discuss" <commotion-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Commotion-discuss] New wifi products now already with
> > locked firmware
> >
> > Wired published an article today as well:
> > http://www.wired.com/2015/09/hey-fcc-dont-lock-wi-fi-routers/
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net
> > <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>> 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—under certain
> conditions
> >     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-router-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
> >
> >     Some of these products were observed to not have locked firmware
> >     previously, 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 at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>
> >
> >
> >
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