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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    1 day ago

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

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      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!

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      18 hours ago

      Routers are not modems.

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

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        9 hours ago

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

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          9 hours ago

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