I read it, and I also don't get it. It's not about open/closed software. It's about TP-Link router emitting RF power above FCC limit using TP-Link's own firmware/software. Hmm... free PR for TP-Link. -- William On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 05:27:48PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
I don't quite get it.
The FCC made a rule that was easy to comply with if the manufacturers prevented loading of third party firmware. (The rule: don't let you user set the router to use too much signal strength.)
TP-Link's new firmware "could not" be replaced by 3rd party firmware.
That firmware also allowed out-of-spec signal strength.
As a settlement, FCC required TP-Link to pay a fine, to allow third party software, and to update the firmware to not allow the user to specify (through the GUI) too much signal strength.
So the original problem remains: how can TP-Link prevent existing hardware from generating too strong signals if it cannot control the firmware? --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk