FCC Notice This is a formal notice from the FCC that blocks new consumer router models on national security grounds and forbids software updates to older models starting in 2027. The notice states that exceptions will be made for manufacturers that move some of their production to factories in the …

[image] whitebengal: forbids software updates to older models starting in 2027. This is barmy, utterly barmy

The idea worth TRUMPets (*). (*) In Poland the word "trumpet" is used to gently describe stupid people.

The new era of unregulated smuggled routers. Fun.

Not really banned: The determination included an exemption for routers that the Department of War (DoW) or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have granted “Conditional Approval” after finding that such device or devices do not pose such unacceptable risks. Producers of consumer-grade rout…

[image] mrz: And becasue of Vault 7 Mikrotik products are automatically in non banned list :sweat_smile: Enlighten us…

[image] Statement on Vault 7 document release Announcements On March 7th, 2017, Wikileaks made public a set of documents that is being referred to as “Vault 7”. This is a large collection of documents purported to belong to the United States Central Intelligenc…

If you read the follow-ups from Mikrotik, the vulnerability was patched aeons ago

I think you really missed the emoji. [image] mrz: :sweat_smile:

Ban specifically mentions consumer grade routers, Mikrotik is pretty far from being consumer router

Curses! I’m a consumer and I never knew. What should I do with several working Mikrotik routers?

USA FCC Import Ban on Foreign Manufactured Routers

Hardware MikroTik hardware general

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Money quote:

Qualifies ROS devices for non banned list.

Get it?