Understood, thanks for getting back to me, i was just curious regarding the General Public Licence, which by licence terms carry requirements for any modified or variations on other GPL items and their use which tp-links standard models firmware appears to be. I take the no supply statement to mean the firmware is entirely an original firmware not based on a GPL one? Anyway, im an electrical engineer by profession, i have already run through the standard things. Can you please look into it on the back end and /or update. ... View more

Having a look around the tp lino website it appears the devices base firmware are under general public licence GPL? Wouldn't that make these derivatives GPL also, out of curiosity? Copy pasta from brief googling; As a GPL software producer, you must: Include the full copy of the GPL license version in the package you distribute Include your copyright Include a disclaimer of warranty If you distribute the executable version of the software, you have to provide the source code of the software to anyone that requests it. Also (GPL v3 only) if the software is part of a consumer device you must provide the installation instructions to allow anyone to modify the software, build a binary and reinstall it. If you are redistributing a modified version of GPL software, you must also: Include the original version copyright Include instructions to obtain the original version Include a list of changes made to the original software ... View more

Hi jumping in on this one also because i am facing the same issues and because of the post requirement before being able to PM. Repeated drop outs on my partner's father's device had me checking for updates. Imagine my surprise when i complete a search and find this thread explaining that firmware updates: 1) Cant be made from the devices portal directly. 2) The tp link website mentioned in the portal would have given the incorrect firmware. 3) Need to google search, find one of these threads, make an account, post and than PM to request an update, which is manually pushed from remote and not a download. 4) No means of locally installing from USB is given in the case of an issue with the update or device. Firmware Version: 0.1.0 0.9.1 v5006.0 Build 200810 Rel.53181n Hardware Version: Archer VR1600v v2 00000000 The barrier for completing an update and staying on top of security etc is already fairly high for many people and this model makes it infinitely worse. I imagine a substantial portion of the user base is utilising outdated possibly vulnerable firmware. ... View more