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[–] 91 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

no RAM, no hard drives, no GPUs, no drones, and no routers.

Freedom hits different now that like six people own 50% of everything.

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

    I was about to argue "couldn't people just buy a Raspberry Pi and put OpenWRT or OpnSense on it?" before realizing Raspberry Pis are also seeing price increases.

    Holy fuck, what the fuck are we gonna do now?!

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    You can run routing software on any linux machine with multiple nics. It isn't really a magic appliance. I suppose what they really mean aren't routers per se, but wifi transmitters?

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Are there any consumer routers made in the US?

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

    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

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

    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

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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?

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

    Hard to get secret backdoors on producers outside the US?

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

    great were getting black market routers now?

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

    Grab an old machine with a few PCI slots and install Linux and a few network cards.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    Awesome. So which Ubiquiti & Mikrotik routers are “consumer” and which are…“???”… “enterprise”?

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Same goes for EV's, mobile phones etc. The US is one of the most limited countries in regards to choice.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    I wonder if this will impact access to LoRa devices. I remember seeing videos claiming the US government promoted them as dangerous.

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