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The bottom line of the settlement is:

1. You still can't load openwrt etc to TP-Link routers

2. TP-Link needs to do something (e.g. lock down their routers not to allow third party firmware like openwrt) to make sure nobody can increase Wifi output power above the permitted threshold

3. TP-Link have agreed to investigate ways of locking down their routers that don't block openwrt etc, but only so long as this doesn't force them to use chipsets capable of enforcing the restriction at the hardware level (because that would be expensive).




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