The Federal Communications Commission has placed routers manufactured in foreign countries on the Covered List, which would block all new routers made overseas from being approved for sale in the U.S.

Since most router makers use overseas manufacturing, it’s unclear which manufacturers would actually be clear to continue selling their products.

  • PenguinCoder@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    16 days ago

    There goes Ubiquiti and Mikrotik’s. Ugh. Good homelab and SMB routers. Shit, that’s basically anything that isn’t Cisco, even though those are really only assembled in USA not even manufactured.

    • colournoun@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      16 days ago

      https://www.fcc.gov/faqs-recent-updates-fcc-covered-list-regarding-routers-produced-foreign-countries

      This FAQ answers a couple of my questions, but it’s unclear if the definition of “router” extends to network switches, etc.

      “Routers” is defined by National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internal Report 8425A to mean consumer-grade networking devices that are primarily intended for residential use and can be installed by the customer. Routers forward data packets, most commonly Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between networked systems.

      • PenguinCoder@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        16 days ago

        A step above, pro-sumer grade. Takes some knowledge to get right, has some advanced fiddly bits if needed, but not as complex or powerful as a mikrotik or enterprise gear. Not as sad as a Netgear or Belkin consumer grade crap.