Whew, Merlin, DD-WRT and Tomato Still in Business - FCC Amends Propsal

[JGrana]

Seems the FCC caught enough comments about their wording concerning Open Source and mods to firmware to modify their proposal.

Link on Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/15/fcc-allows-custom-wifi-router-firmware/

This link is right from the FCC:

https://www.fcc.gov/blog/clearing-air-wi-fi-software-updates

Well guys, hacked firmware can live on (with a few caveats).

 

[L&LD]

Ah, I wasn't worried.

 

[joegreat]

Ah, I wasn't worried.

I am still worried how the lock-down of transmission power and channels will be enforced...

 

[sfx2000]

I am still worried how the lock-down of transmission power and channels will be enforced...

As long as the vendors stay out of the UNII-2 band, 30 dBm is plenty...

sample of a recent 11ac class router (EA8500) - again, if the chipset vendor (or OEM) wants to play in the UNII-2 channels, they'll need to lock down things, and my guess is that bootloaders for gear will enforce those limits...

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