U.S. making noise about banning the sale of TP-Link routers

[Grogan]

Fucking morons and their anti-China mentality. I'm sick to death of these people... they make their own enemies. That's good hardware, better than, and better priced than their shit ass companies.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/18/ ... k_routers/

US reportedly mulls TP-Link router ban over national security risk
It could end up like Huawei -Trump's gonna get ya, get ya, get ya

The Feds may ban the sale of TP-Link routers in the US over ongoing national security concerns about Chinese-made devices being used in cyberattacks.

Three federal departments — Commerce, Defense, and Justice — have opened investigations into the router manufacturer, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing "people familiar with the matter." Plus, a Commerce Department office has reportedly subpoenaed TP-Link.

The Register reached out to TP-Link and and the Justice as well as Commerce Departments but thus far, all have declined comment. We will update this story if and when we hear back from them.

TP-Link has about 65 percent of the US router market for homes and small businesses. It also partners with more than 300 internet service providers in the US to supply routers for new customer installations, according to the WSJ. The China-based manufacturer's gear is also reportedly used by the Department of Defense and other federal government agencies.

Based on "people familiar with the matter". What people and what matter? That sounds like something Donald Trump would say "People are saying... lots of fine people" etc.

It's simply because they are prominently in use, not because American gear is any better... have a word with Cisco and Netgear.

[Zema Bus]

And then they'll pressure other countries into going along with it, like they did with Huawei.

[Grogan]

It would certainly make availability of them scarce in Canada, as the retailers wouldn't be warehousing them etc.

I have two of them using DD-WRT, and I dare say they are the best, most reliable routers I've ever had. They are good quality Atheros SoCs. You can crank up the TX power on the radios too, without OOB noise.