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The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US. (infosec.exchange)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Access points and routers are usually separate once you get away from the consumer grade stuff. The people that run OPNsense at home often use MikroTik or Ubiquiti access points.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    i don't think there is single mikrotik that can't function as a router. the fact you can configure them as software bridge does not change that.

    the rest answered here:

    there are some but they are definitely in the minority. also this regulation is focused on home and soho devices, it specifically mentiones tp-link, which is really not enterprise brand.

    also the regulation from what i found is so vague, that i suspect that for the author router equals to “that white box with antenna sitting on my table” and is very likely they have no clue about difference between l2 and l3 layer and what router actually is.

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