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.
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.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a router I should buy before this comes into effect? Would prefer one that is open source or can run an open OS.
Can a raspberry pi be used to make a router?
A pi can definitely be used, but you may get much better performance for a similar price getting a refurbished pc, adding a second nic, and installing something like opnsense.
this isn’t for everyone. if you don’t know what a subnet or gateway are then this isn’t for you.
get yourself a micro firewall appliance. something with an N100 Intel. should have around 5 network ports, you’ll only really need 2 if you’re just hooking up internet.
you’ll also want to get an unmanaged network switch. this will take your one port on your router and split it into 8,12,24,48, etc.
you’ll also want to install opnsense or pfsense on your router, configure it correctly, and maintain updates going forward.
Why do I need the network switch?
Look into banana pi r3 or r4. Both should be on openwrt stable now.