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The link does not say that. The FCC is gathering information for a proposed rule that could potentially impact hardware sold in the future. Nobody is being forced to do anything yet. There is no rule that prevents DD-WRT from being installed on a device.

So why is TP-Link locking down their firmware even though they aren't required to? You have to ask them.

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> So why is TP-Link locking down their firmware even though they aren't required to? You have to ask them.

If you read TFA you'll learn that somebody did just that.

  Adam Longwill 09:26:19 pm Wow. Thank you. I'm impressed with your digging
  And this limitation is due to FCC rule clarifications in 2015?
  And not some other reason

  Camille 09:28:15 pm Right, due to FCC

You mean the original submitted article? Because in that article the person asks IF they locked them down, not WHY. There's still no answer as to why TP-Link thought it necessary to react to a nonexistent rule.

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