Time Capsule technology in Russia

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Time Capsule technology in Russia

The Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation has recently prepared an order number 129 of 22/04/2015, approving amendments to the "Rules of radio access equipment", approved by order of the Ministry of Communications №124 from 14.09.2010 year.

The requirements to the parameters of radio access equipment 802.11ac standard specified frequency range: 5150-5350 MHz and 5470-6425 MHz. Other parameters "rewrite" of international standard.

Out of the order Ministry of Communications gives the possibility of using legal standard 802.11ac, in carrier communication networks for high-speed Wi-Fi-access.

Question - how to remove the restriction imposed on the operation of the router Apple Time Capsule, blocking the beam forming technology and high-speed data transfer via Wi-Fi?

MacBook Air

Posted on Jul 31, 2015 4:52 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 31, 2015 3:19 PM in response to Viktor Avdeev

Apple has to rewrite the firmware.. you cannot do it.. but you should be able to select a different country.. i think the Russian version has several countries with rules that allow AC wireless.. try them..

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Answer 2

Aug 2, 2015 9:36 PM in response to LaPastenague

Changing the country does not work, the restriction is set in hardware or firmware. All routers are purchased in Russia have these limitations. Imported from the United States - without any restrictions.

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Answer 3

Aug 2, 2015 11:32 PM in response to Viktor Avdeev

You can change the country code on the Airport but to do so you need to solder in a serial port.. at this point I haven't yet attempted it on an AC AE or TC.. but look for the 20pin connector and it should still be possible.

Here is the howto for an express.

http://embeddedideation.com/2014/03/dissecting-the-airport-express/

With a serial port the change to US is fairly easy.. illegal but easy.

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Answer 4

May 23, 2016 11:42 PM in response to Viktor Avdeev

And a year has passed - the issue has not been resolved

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Answer 5

May 25, 2016 1:06 PM in response to Viktor Avdeev

Today we have gota new firmware 7.7.7, butalso has not been any changesin removalof local restrictionsin Russiawith Wifi! Why??? Hey TIM??? I paid a lot of money for my Time Capsule and i want to use all functionality!!!

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Answer 6

May 26, 2016 4:36 AM in response to eugenebrener

I have sent feedback to Apple 3 times, 1 mail to T.Cook, started several cases with support, finally sent paper letter to Russian representative office. They transferred it to Ireland. I have talked to one of their specialists there, she told me that she would start another case and send all my comments to Cupertino. Like in a week we've got that update, but nothing positive for us in it. It is really awful and most disappointing technical support I've ever encountered. Starting to think that Apple Inc. is not interested in having clients outside US. One year without that 10 min of work update, it is incredibly idiotic.

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