One of the main reason people are buying this model router is its compatibility with DD-WRT. On Nov 1, 2015 10:46 AM, "Mark J. Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Probably primarily for accounting and warehouse management reasons. If an > item’s “revision” is essentially the same “thing” (just with > newer/different guts and/or firmware), they probably wouldn’t want to > complicate their management of that item. More likely, internally, they > note the “revision” by a lot# or some sort of date. But to the general > populous, nothing on the surface has changed. So, it is in essence the same > item as far as the public is concerned. Can be frustrating to us “in the > know” folk, yes, but we few aren’t the ones making the company a profit. J > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Alex Smith (K4RNT) > *Sent:* Sunday, November 1, 2015 12:23 PM > *To:* [email protected]; CHUGALUG <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [nlug] Annoyed with TP-Link > > > > WHY do manufacturers re-use model numbers when they revise the product to > include new components? Why can't they just sequence the model number to a > different number when they revise it? > > > > I recommended for my mom a TP-Link TP-WR841ND, specifically because it was > on the list of supported devices for DD-WRT, and it came with revision 9, > which is NOT supported yet. > > > > WHY? > > > > I finally found beta versions of DD-WRT, but they're turning out to be > unreliable. I just installed the latest beta yesterday after the Wi-Fi cut > out for the second time in a week. > > > > Why is TP-Link, one of the better supported device manufacturers with > DD-WRT, becoming like Linksys? I now don't like TP-Link almost as much as I > hate Linksys. > > > > </rant> > > > > " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, > the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and > warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all > damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG > episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith > > - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
