When routers go bad [LWN.net]

When routers go bad

Posted May 24, 2007 15:36 UTC (Thu) by henning (subscriber, #13406)
Parent article: When routers go bad

Some companies are able to force firmware updates to their customers
through some kind of management interface centrally. Power users probably
want to disable this, but for the normal non-technical user this is
perhaps the right solution.

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When routers go bad

Posted Jun 1, 2007 8:22 UTC (Fri) by slamb (guest, #1070) [Link]

That setup is quite common these days. At least the advanced models from just about any DSL router vendor support CWMP-based upgrades. My company makes both management servers and devices. I vaguely recall doing interoperability testing with the Actiontec devices mentioned in the story...they've supported it for over a year at least.