TP-Link Routers Could Be Banned In the Next Year, Affecting Nearly 65% of Internet Users in the US - Upgoat

TP-Link Routers Could Be Banned In the Next Year, Affecting Nearly 65% of Internet Users in the US
submitted by dosvydanya_freedomz to technology 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:31:20 ago (+2/-0) (www.msn.com)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tp-link-routers-could-be-banned-in-the-next-year-affecting-nearly-65-of-internet-users-in-the-us/ar-AA1waqR4?

TP-Link routers may be banned in the US in the next year, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The Shenzhen-based router manufacturer is allegedly under investigation by the Commerce, Defense and Justice >Departments over security concerns and ties to Chinese cyberattacks.

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[ - ] MrPancake 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 17:27:53 ago (+1/-0)*

Anyone have a good recommendation for an 8 port gigabit router WITHOUT WiFi built in? The only ones on Amazon are TP-Link. Wonder if the government is tired of not being able to use WiFi to watch me take a shit.

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:33:28 ago (+1/-0)

I don't see a problem with it.

People can easily order Un-Gooked replacement hardware online and replace it.

[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz [op] 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:38:03 ago (+0/-0)

i'm leasing a comcast router, i know i'm getting raped here but if the router breaks or a better version comes along i can swap it without much effort.

besides, i had bad luck at owning routers since the DSL DAYS. i tried every single single brand and it would break on me at the third to 6 month period. must have been the shitty att network in which i had

[ + ] KosherHiveKicker

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 2 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 13:50:04 ago (+2/-0)

Go ahead and ad up how much you have spent "renting" that DSL router from ATT & Comcast over the years.... and then compare it to the cost of owning your own hardware.

It is eye opening.

[ + ] Sector2

[ - ] Sector2 1 point 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 13:41:02 ago (+1/-0)

Today is a DSL day. You're receiving this communication over a DSL line. AT&T is trying to end DSL, so might have to switch to one of the awful cable companies in the near future.

I've had about 25 years with the local ISP I can walk to in 8 minutes. Higher cable speeds are not preferable to real human interactions.

[ - ] Glowbright 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 18:18:21 ago (+0/-0)

Only ever had one TP-Link piece of hardware... A wireless card I put in an older machine to do some home automation stuff. It was never reliable and would drop connection all the time. Nothing I tried doing seemed to fix it until one day I decided to get to the bottom of it and fired up wireshark and pulled a PCAP of everything it was doing... and what I found was that it seemed to violate the 802.1 spec is some very serious ways. The card went in the trash and I ordered a new card for twice the price from a reputable manufacturer.

[ - ] glooper 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:39:27 ago (+0/-0)

aren't these the routers you can flash and install openware firmware on?

[ + ] Spaceman84

[ - ] Spaceman84 3 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:45:26 ago (+3/-0)

OpenWRT can be used on MANY different brands and models. The list has become huge over the years.

https://openwrt.org/toh/start

[ + ] dosvydanya_freedomz

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz [op] 0 points 4 monthsDec 19, 2024 12:40:37 ago (+0/-0)

i have no idea but if it comes from china i can imagine that you can 😜

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