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I got an Archer C7 during the Winter Shopping Season, that was affected by this. In the current revision, I got around the lock by booting into recovery mode an

by Decade 11y ago

I got an Archer C7 during the Winter Shopping Season, that was affected by this. In the current revision, I got around the lock by booting into recovery mode and uploading OpenWRT via TFTP. I expect that future models will close this hole, and then I definitely won’t be buying TP-LINK devices in the future. I think it’s a bit extreme to say the C7 is the best. It never was the best performer, and already 802.11ac Wave 2 devices with MU-MIMO are on the market, potentially outperforming the C7. Maybe it’s coincidentally the best value for the money, but that will not last. Every generation, I wearily observe the large number of router models. I thought the Buffalo WZR-600DHP was a pretty good value late in the 802.11n generation, but now it’s retailing for more than I paid for it. WiFi routers are a lemon market.

qb45 11y ago
> I expect that future models will close this hole, and then I definitely won’t be buying TP-LINK devices in the future. I suppose people will start rooting these devices. It's not like consumer routers have particularly impressive security track record.
- userbinator 11y ago
  It's somewhat ironic that the scary security issues could actually be the path to freedom, sort of like jailbreaking and rooting any other device. Perhaps that's the way it should be, they come insecure by default and you're supposed to exploit that to enable installing your own, more secure, software...
manyxcxi 11y ago
It's definitely not the best in the whole market, but in the sub $100 consumer router area? I've not used anything better. I replaced a couple much more expensive routers with these and I've been very happy. I feel like it is such a praised model because it is such a value by being good, maybe not great in most important categories at such a low price. When these die or get obsolete I think I'll finally just move up to the entry level business products a la Ubiquiti or the like.

by Decade 11y ago

qb45 11y ago

> I expect that future models will close this hole, and then I definitely won’t be buying TP-LINK devices in the future. I suppose people will start rooting these devices. It's not like consumer routers have particularly impressive security track record.

userbinator 11y ago
It's somewhat ironic that the scary security issues could actually be the path to freedom, sort of like jailbreaking and rooting any other device. Perhaps that's the way it should be, they come insecure by default and you're supposed to exploit that to enable installing your own, more secure, software...

manyxcxi 11y ago

It's definitely not the best in the whole market, but in the sub $100 consumer router area? I've not used anything better. I replaced a couple much more expensive routers with these and I've been very happy. I feel like it is such a praised model because it is such a value by being good, maybe not great in most important categories at such a low price. When these die or get obsolete I think I'll finally just move up to the entry level business products a la Ubiquiti or the like.