<div dir="ltr">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, <i>before</i> the FCC's proposed rulemaking even gets approved!<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.prplfoundation.org/pipermail/fcc/2015-September/000339.html" target="_blank">http://lists.prplfoundation.org/pipermail/fcc/2015-September/000339.html</a><br><br clear="all"><div>This thread began at prompt of an Ars Technica writer, who just published this story:<br><br>FCC: Open source router software is still legal—under certain conditions<br>Locking out OpenWRT and DD-WRT is the easiest way to comply with new FCC rules<br><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/fcc-open-source-router-software-is-still-legal-under-certain-conditions/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/fcc-open-source-router-software-is-still-legal-under-certain-conditions/</a><br><br></div><div>These are the specific products mentioned in the thread where locked firmware was encountered:<br>Rosewill RNX-N300RTv2<br>TP-Link TL-WR841N v8.2 <br></div><div>Netgear WNDR4300<br><br></div><div>Some of these products were observed to not have locked firmware previously, even for the same hardware revision.<br><br></div><div>The TL-WR841N, for example, appears on the list of hardware potentially supported by Commotion, which evidently may change very soon.<br><a href="https://wiki.commotionwireless.net/doku.php/development_resources/router/hardware_compatibility_list" target="_blank">https://wiki.commotionwireless.net/doku.php/development_resources/router/hardware_compatibility_list</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br>-- <br><div>Ben West<div><a href="mailto:ben@gowasabi.net" target="_blank">ben@gowasabi.net</a><br></div></div>
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