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[-] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago

No they mean routers.

And running your own router with its own OS is allowed.

Buying a prefab router from Shenzhen chock full of foreign malware is not.

Only locally produced malware is now allowed in prefab routers!

Folks definitely should be picking up learning how to setup their own router and wifi hubs, but they wont do it.

[-] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 12 points 13 hours ago

Are there any consumer routers made in the US?

[-] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago
[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 16 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

TP-Link is a Chinese technology company that manufactures network equipment and smart home products. The company was established in 1996 in Shenzhen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TP-Link

[-] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

TIL! I assume theres gotta be at least some US manufacturing of routers... I hope... otherwise the US just banned using the internet in effect lol

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

Ubiquity is a US company, but all their stuff is made in Asia.

Linksys is a US company formerly owned by Cisco, but all their stuff is manufactured in Asia.

Netgear is a US company, but all their stuff is manufactured in Asia.

ASUS is Taiwanese.

I guess the router supplied by your ISP might be exempt?

[-] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Itd be weird to be exempt

Its really sounding like the FCC banned all routers and companies can only comply by running their own they install software on manually XD

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