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.

  • teft@piefed.social
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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.