# Activation and connection of The Things Kickstarter Gateway Model: TTN-001-868-1.0

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**Created:** [October 22, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/activation-and-connection-of-the-things-kickstarter-gateway-model-ttn-001-868-1-0/72430 "2025-10-22T11:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![nouhoumit](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@nouhoumit](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/nouhoumit)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/activation-and-connection-of-the-things-kickstarter-gateway-model-ttn-001-868-1-0/72430/1 "2025-10-22T11:08:50Z")

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Hi everyone. I have a Things Kickstarter Gateway of 2017. I want to connect it to The Things Network but not working? Could some one help me please ? These are the informations of the Gateway in this screenshot.

 ![image](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/uploads/default/original/3X/d/5/d51451a5c52934b321d7f7596c7d47e732127cf5.png)

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**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/activation-and-connection-of-the-things-kickstarter-gateway-model-ttn-001-868-1-0/72430/2 "2025-10-22T15:34:33Z")

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You will find numerous topics on this gateway, including upgrading it to the latest version, by using the search top right.

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**Author:** ![nouhoumit](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@nouhoumit](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/nouhoumit)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/activation-and-connection-of-the-things-kickstarter-gateway-model-ttn-001-868-1-0/72430/3 "2025-10-24T13:10:37Z")

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Hello Descartes, thank you for your response. I have read many topics about this issue but I didn’t figure out how to achieve the update of my 1.0.0 firmware.

Could you help me please? Is there someone else to help, please ?

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**Author:** ![descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/descartes/32/47220_2.png) [@descartes](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/descartes)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/activation-and-connection-of-the-things-kickstarter-gateway-model-ttn-001-868-1-0/72430/4 "2025-10-24T15:01:50Z")

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> [@The Things Kickstarter Gateway Firmware v1.0.9](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/the-things-kickstarter-gateway-firmware-v1-0-9/58119):
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> Hello everyone, we just released a new firmware for The Things Kickstarter Gateway. The v1.0.9 firmware replaces the expired DST Root CA X3 with the DigiCert Global Root G2 that Microsoft Azure will begin using soon. This firmware has been pushed to the stable and beta over-the-air update channels, so most gateways will update to the new firmware somewhere in the next 24 hours. For manual installation of the new firmware, see [the instructions on GitHub](https://github.com/TheThingsProducts/gateway/tree/HEAD/firmware/#installation).

Search ‘Kickstarter’ and this is the fifth entry. And the result appears in Google.

From a staff member linked to the official GitHub repository.

I don’t think anyone can improve on that.