@btx I dont think i have ever said that the OpenWRT devs are unable to code, some serious brains on that team. The EAP245v3 has been artifically limited in capability, the radio supports all the...

TP-link cant code it seems.

@John1234 No it is a bit more complex than that the MTD3 partition contains fie that need to be modified, you can only change from USA to EU mode.

@John1234 Sorry John, what do you mean by bridge them?

So to Follow up, It is possible to change your US region locked device back into the EU region, and this opens up the DFS channels that should be available in NZ. MTD3 partition holds the information...

@Fae So further investigation shows that this is an artificial limitation in your firmware, I am running OpenWRT on it and can see the missing channels. Now its time to dig deeper, no warranty void...