The Brothers WISP 194 - Unifi CVE, Zyxel Outdoor Kit, Light License 6Ghz, Meshtastic

About this episode

We are chatting a little about a few things from the last few weeks and a lot about Meshtastic :)


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Topics Discussed
TP-Link’s low pricing and rapid market growth
Omada compared with Ubiquiti and MikroTik
Concerns about surveillance, telemetry, and hardware backdoors
Critical Ubiquiti vulnerabilities and firmware updates
Using test equipment and canary sites before fleet-wide upgrades
A MikroTik Option 82 change that disrupted ISP subscribers
Staged automation and batching with Ansible
The danger of unnecessary production tinkering
MikroTik CRS418 routing, switching, PoE, and small-office use cases
Zyxel outdoor Wi-Fi 7 and 6 GHz wireless equipment
Automated Frequency Coordination for outdoor 6 GHz deployments
What happens when an AFC service cannot be reached
Meshtastic, LoRa, and off-grid text communication
Tower-mounted and solar-powered Meshtastic nodes
Encrypted private channels and QR-code configuration
MQTT gateways and internet-connected mesh networks
Weather, environmental, health, and infrastructure telemetry
Network congestion, channel widths, and message hop limits
Meshtastic at conferences and WISPAPALOOZA
Pirate radio and FCC enforcement


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Chad find at TBW Slack.


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YouTube Chapters


00:00 Welcome to Episode 194
00:44 Meet Dale Riley
01:24 Why Is TP-Link Equipment So Inexpensive?
06:36 Surveillance, Telemetry, and Hardware Backdoors
10:08 Critical Ubiquiti Vulnerabilities
11:03 Firmware Problems and Canary Deployments
12:44 The MikroTik Option 82 ISP Outage
15:00 Safer Network Updates with Ansible Batching
16:16 When Constant Tinkering Causes Outages
17:44 Examining the MikroTik CRS418
24:13 Zyxel Outdoor 6 GHz Equipment
25:20 How Automated Frequency Coordination Works
28:38 Zyxel Wi-Fi 7 and Dual-Band Failover
33:55 What Is Meshtastic?
40:18 Tower Nodes, Repeaters, and Solar Deployments
42:14 Meshtastic Channels and Encryption
45:18 Telemetry and Industrial Applications
49:00 Coverage Maps, MQTT, and Internet Gateways
50:30 Weather Balloons and Long-Distance Messages
51:10 Congestion and Meshtastic Capacity
52:13 Ephemeral Messages and Hop Limits
54:00 Sending Meshtastic Messages from Airplanes
57:54 LoRa Channel Widths and 900 MHz Interference
60:34 Meshtastic at WISPAPALOOZA
61:56 Pirate Radio and Radio Monitoring
62:28 Chad’s Visit from the FCC
65:42 Final Thoughts
66:10 Where to Find Chad and Dale