[wplug] New FCC Rules May Prevent Installing OpenWRT on WiFi Routers

[John Lewis]

Yes I would. In that case I can just send a report to the FCC to get the
issue resolved.

That beats having my hardware stolen from me by hardware manufactures by
them putting a lock on it and refusing to give me a key after I bought
the hardware.

On 07/29/2015 02:02 PM, Rod Person wrote:
> Read the thing, it only related to frequency range, modulation type
> and max power.  Would you want you next neighbor modifiy there route
> so that overpower yours?  Or screwing with frequuencies and blocking
> your cellphone?
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> https://apps.fcc.gov/kdb/GetAttachment.html?id=5NjjaXsjV97%2BhlMWvZ1QRw%3D%3D&desc=594280
> D01 Configuration Control v02r01&tracking_number=39498
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> On 07/29/2015 1:56 PM, Zachary Uram wrote:
>> I concur!!!
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Doug Green<diego96 at mac.com>  wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> Politics aside, and regardless of "who's watch" this particular
>>> legislation occurred on, it is undeniable that constitutionally
>>> guaranteed
>>> liberties are under constant attack. Simply put, We do not live in the
>>> country that the Founding Fathers envisioned.
>>>
>>> I'm not a political activist, nor a conspiracy theorist, but it's the
>>> feeling of constant erosion of my constitutional rights
>>> (particularly 4th
>>> amendment, although "civil forfeiture" is equally disgusting) that
>>> drove me
>>> Back to using Free Software after a relative hiatus (to the
>>> "convenience"
>>> of the apple camp).
>>>
>>> IMHO the exposure of these programs represents a Massive Opportunity
>>> for
>>> Linux to gain a larger footprint in mainstream computing, as more
>>> people
>>> are being put-off by Big Brother type surveillance programs.
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>>>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Zachary Uram<netrek at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not surprising this happened on Obama's watch! Everything the man
>>>> touches
>>>> is a disaster. I'd rather have George W. Bush than Obama or even worse
>>>> Hillary!
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:50 PM, John Lewis<oflameo2 at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>> http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/07/27/new-fcc-rules-may-prevent-installing-openwrt-on-wifi-routers/#ixzz3hEkRpVTn
>>>
>>>     
>>>>> Bad news for your routerphiles out there that just bought a On
>>>>> Networks
>>>>> N300 Wireless Router N300R, for it may be the last router you will be
>>>>> able to reflash with your favorite *WRT distribution.
>>>>>
>>>>> The FCC wants to take away your router modification rights for your
>>>>> safety, because they think their regulation is too hard for you
>>>>> hackers
>>>>> to follow. It is defiantly not because companies lobbied for it so
>>>>> they
>>>>> can make more money by selling you routers full of badware and
>>>>> anti-features. If you don't believe the FCC is trying to make you
>>>>> safe
>>>>> by taking away your ability do modify your property, you are probably
>>>>> some kind of conspiracy theorist that thinks they can send files over
>>>>> the radio.
>>>>>
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