The FCC order does NOT say that TP-Link will allow third-party firmware!

Posted Aug 2, 2016 13:40 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: The FCC order does NOT say that TP-Link will allow third-party firmware! by brouhaha
Parent article: TP-Link agrees to allow third-party firmware in FCC settlement

But they also have to file a report that says what they have done ...

Foot-dragging and obstructionism is likely to trigger a storm at the FCC. That's one that the FCC get dragged in to, not one that they started ...

Cheers,
Wol

The FCC order does NOT say that TP-Link will allow third-party firmware!

Posted Aug 3, 2016 8:30 UTC (Wed) by zoobab (guest, #9945) [Link]

"That's one that the FCC get dragged in to, not one that they started ..."

Actually, according to last Battlemesh talk on the subject, the radio lockdown was started by an European Commission advisory committee (based on a study on wifi 5Ghz and radars interference). There is one american expert speaker who said the FCC did not not had enough man power to make scientific studies on this issue.