# Does ADR require the use of confirmed uplinks?

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/does-adr-require-the-use-of-confirmed-uplinks/9640>\
**Category:** TTN Network and Services\
**Created:** [September 21, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/does-adr-require-the-use-of-confirmed-uplinks/9640 "2017-09-21T08:16:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/arjanvanb/32/46626_2.png) [@arjanvanb](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/arjanvanb)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/does-adr-require-the-use-of-confirmed-uplinks/9640/23 "2020-07-02T07:39:18Z")

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For that uplink [an online decoder](https://runkit.io/avbentem/lorawan-packet-decoder/branches/master?data=QFoWASaALQABy6gPr2g90WGCZw+5jXlHBWE=) shows it has its ADR bit set.

For the downlink [it shows](https://runkit.io/avbentem/lorawan-packet-decoder/branches/master?data=YFoWASaKJgADQAIAcQM1AP8Bihrl3g==) you’re seeing two `LinkADRReq` MAC commands in FOpts: `0340020071` and `033500FF01`. This is unrelated to the topic at hand, but indeed related to ADR: see [LMIC Library Always Does Unwanted Downlink](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/lmic-library-always-does-unwanted-downlink/21293).

I’d expect you can disable those `LinkADRReq` MAC commands by using `LMIC_setAdrMode(0)`.

All said, the Dragino-LG02 is not a compliant LoRaWAN gateway, so you’re into many surprises, and you might even harm other network users in your neighbourhood by connecting that to a LoRaWAN network. You wrote you’re on some private network, maybe they allow/support that. But please **don’t use that on TTN, not even for debugging**.

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