along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months agoThe US government just banned consumer routers made outside the USwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkThe US government just banned consumer routers made outside the USwww.theverge.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoJust when I was about to upgrade my router, too. Fuck.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoRouters are incredibly simple. You can run your own using openwrt or opnsense. Then some dumb switches and access points and you’re good to go.
minus-squaredfi@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoUpvoting this, you can turn any computer into a router as well. You can have control of your own hardware.
minus-squareCris_Citrus@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoIt sounds like you should still be able to buy stuff, I don’t believe it takes active effect immediately
Just when I was about to upgrade my router, too. Fuck.
Routers are incredibly simple. You can run your own using openwrt or opnsense. Then some dumb switches and access points and you’re good to go.
Upvoting this, you can turn any computer into a router as well. You can have control of your own hardware.
It sounds like you should still be able to buy stuff, I don’t believe it takes active effect immediately