# TP Link and NZ + AU servers

**URL:** https://community.ntppool.org/t/tp-link-and-nz-au-servers/695
**Category:** Server operators
**Created:** [December 14, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/tp-link-and-nz-au-servers/695 "2017-12-14T03:08:47Z")
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### Author: ![SwimmingPool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwimmingPool](https://community.ntppool.org/u/SwimmingPool)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/tp-link-and-nz-au-servers/695/2 "2017-12-24T02:16:03Z")

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TP-Link has made available new firmware updates for most models that resolves the issue. The update changes their internet connectivity testing from NTP requests against hardcoded addresses including NTP pool servers to ICMP requests against the local network gateway.

> **[Latest TP-Link updates resolve NTP data squandering firmware issue](https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/ntplink-fixed.html)**
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> TP-Link has issued firmware updates fixing its data-squandering NTP bug after my investigation. Devices won’t auto-update, however.

Notably, these devices _don’t have auto-update_, the manual check-for-update button in their web interface always reports that the software is up-to-date, and TP-Link _doesn’t_ make the latest firmware versions available through their websites in all countries. E.g. updates for the NTP issue isn’t available for most models on TP-Link’s US website.

> **[TP-Link serves outdated or no firmware at all on 30% of its European websites](https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/tplink-firmware-outdated-downloads.html)**
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> Whether you get updated drivers for your TP-Link product or not depends on what country you’re checking from.

In other words, these devices are very unlikely to ever receive any updates that fixes this issue.

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