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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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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm in Ohio. I wonder how hard it'd be to drive to Canada, pick up a router, and drive back?

Or hell......maybe just drive to Canada. I'm sure I can find a job and a place to live, right? Just go to a Tim Hortons and say "Hey, I'm gonna work hete now, because fuck America!" and Canadians are like, legally obligated to be nice. I'm sure it'll all work out, as long as I share some donuts.

The hardest part will be getting used to pink money.

I mean, seriously Canada? You a big fan of monopoly money?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 20 hours ago

I’m in Ohio. I wonder how hard it’d be to drive to Canada, pick up a router, and drive back?

You jest, but I suspect this is going to be a Thing. I mean, people were willing to do it for eggs (and getting caught at the border), and a router's a rather larger purchase.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

what if th government prohibits your ISP from initilizing your routers MAC address because its not one on an approved list?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So the FCC won't let me be, or let me be me, so let me see...they try to shut down the internet on my pc, but it would be so empty without me!

[–] LucidNightmare@anarchist.nexus 2 points 18 hours ago

Made me chuckle in these dark times. Cheers!

[–] teft@piefed.social 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Routers are not modems.

Put your router behind the company issued modem and then VPN out.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Every broadband connection I've had looks at the mac address of whatever is behind the modem, the modem essentially passes it through.

[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No it doesn’t. Go learn about networking, the OSI model, and ARP tables if you believe that.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Be less of an asshole, it's free. I've been sniffing packets from cable modems since the 90s. I even remember the mac address of my first network card - 00a0cc52cac7, because mediaone gave out persistent hostnames based on your mac address before they were bought by at&t. I once putty'd into my machine from Katmandu just because I could. Incidentally, when I called at&t support to find out if this would continue, their support rep had no idea what I was talking about, and after I mentioned mac addresses, he suggested I call apple.

[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Then make it lie. Spoofing is a thing that sometimes works!