“It’s important to stress that the ban applies to the importation and sale rather than the use of foreign-made routers. Even if your router is now banned from sale in the US, you can continue to use it.

However, since it will take a significant amount of time to scale up production of entirely US-made routers, ISPs are likely to face severe challenges in providing them to new customers.”

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https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/24/your-wireless-router-is-now-banned-from-sale-in-the-us-but-you-can-still-use-it/

Your wireless router is now banned from sale in the US

Almost every new wireless router for use in US homes is now banned from sale within the country under a...

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@GuyNamedBrian Will we be able to import unflashed devices that are just low powered computers with loads of ports?
@adubya No idea. I’m sure numerous lawsuits will be filed by the end of the day; we may have to wait for the courts have their say before we’ll know anything for certain.

@GuyNamedBrian Guess Jeff Geerling had the same idea but yeah I agree this era of croynism is getting worse & worse.

[Apologies he only Posts to Youtube & no post yet on his website.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04oL0qVSWJE

Homebrew routers just got a whole lot more important in the US

Knowing how to build your own router for your homelab is going to be a useful skill, until this FCC ruling is reversed:https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updat...

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