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The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Router Models Made Outside US (www.pcmag.com)
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The surprising order means any new Wi-Fi router models sold in the country must be US-made, or receive an exemption from the Pentagon or Homeland Security Department.

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[–] 85 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Oh no. What will we do.

Oh yeah. just build one in a white box.

https://www.computernetworkingnotes.com/linux-tutorials/how-to-configure-and-use-linux-as-a-router.html

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    does this support wireless, aka Wi-Fi? I can't tell from a ~1 minute skim

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