▲ 114 ▼ The US bans all new foreign-made network routers (www.engadget.com) submitted 5 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44664750
[–] Mihies@programming.dev 34 points 5 months ago (2 children) All routers then? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) They’ve played us for fools. Any x86 device or old computer with two ports can be a router. Make your own today! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) WR54GL lives again 🤩 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 2 points 5 months ago I dug mine out of the various cables box a few days ago so I could set up a little mini network to practice networking without disrupting anything. Turns out it's still getting firmware updates with dd-wrt, not sure if it's truly still supported, but still. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jwt@programming.dev 1 point 5 months ago You're forgetting those MikroHick routers from Bumfuck, Alabama. They route all packages to "go back to their own country". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) They’ve played us for fools. Any x86 device or old computer with two ports can be a router. Make your own today! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) WR54GL lives again 🤩 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 2 points 5 months ago I dug mine out of the various cables box a few days ago so I could set up a little mini network to practice networking without disrupting anything. Turns out it's still getting firmware updates with dd-wrt, not sure if it's truly still supported, but still. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) WR54GL lives again 🤩 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 2 points 5 months ago I dug mine out of the various cables box a few days ago so I could set up a little mini network to practice networking without disrupting anything. Turns out it's still getting firmware updates with dd-wrt, not sure if it's truly still supported, but still. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 2 points 5 months ago I dug mine out of the various cables box a few days ago so I could set up a little mini network to practice networking without disrupting anything. Turns out it's still getting firmware updates with dd-wrt, not sure if it's truly still supported, but still. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jwt@programming.dev 1 point 5 months ago You're forgetting those MikroHick routers from Bumfuck, Alabama. They route all packages to "go back to their own country". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frtzngbllr@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago The only allowed backdoor is a US backdoor I assume. permalink fedilink source
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago So your costs of renting routers from your ISP are about to skyrocket. What routers are even made in the US? Likely none that ISPs are currently using. permalink fedilink source
[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) Are any routers made in the United States and theoretically compliant with this rule? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 15 points 5 months ago Not a one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago Looks like we are all moving to Musk's Starlink. Freedom? No freedom here. permalink fedilink source
[–] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Anyone know if there are immediate practical implications of this? I get foreign made routers are now deemed a security risk, but Previously purchased routers can still be used and retailers can still sell models that were approved by the prior FCC policies. so it seems not much is changed? I'm curious what this means practically in the near term. still quite concerning and stupid . Edit: oh theyre banning imports apparently. Guess i didnt know the meaning of the Covered List? https://apnews.com/article/fcc-foreign-router-ban-national-security-technology-7e5333aeaf82496ce6350f57699db5ba permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago Its the lack of security risks that they object to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago So will the US keep getting old model routers while the rest of the world gets the new stuff? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago Its the lack of security risks that they object to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago So will the US keep getting old model routers while the rest of the world gets the new stuff? permalink fedilink source parent
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