@stephen@stephenwuebker.social
Post #896833
2026-03-24 13:42 UTC
Seriously considering running to the store today and buying a new router. It feels like I'm being too reactionary though. I currently have an old Ubiquiti USG-3P and run the network management on a VM. I've been planning to upgrade either later this year or next year, but with this new dumbass ban, should I pull the trigger now? Does the ban even matter for stuff from Ubiquiti, or is it only cheap consumer-grade stuff? Why does everything have to be a stupid emergency?
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@aschmitz@ostatus.lardbucket.org 2026-03-24 14:05
@stephen@stephenwuebker.social The ban affects two things: starting in 60 (well, now 59) days, you cannot use federal money to buy routers (but see below) produced outside the US, and no such devices will receive new FCC approvals - but that doesn't affect existing models, which remain approved, so no real effect for at least 3-6 months on the consumer side if this even stays in place. However, "router" in this Notice is any consumer device that moves packets between networks, so basically any networked device.