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US targets TP-Link with a potential ban on the Chinese routers (www.theverge.com)
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The incoming Trump administration could take action next year.

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[–] dance_ninja 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

I got their 6E mesh router a while back from Costco after my dismissal experience with Netgear's Nighthawk mesh router. The signal strength was excellent, the units were interchangeable, and the app worked without delays. All of that, and it was around $200. I'm not surprised they're popular.

Edit: I think I read "modem" instead of router in the title when I originally wrote this. Edited for a slight bit of clarity.

[–] ChapulinColorado 3 points 18 hours ago

Ah man, I had that nighthawk trash as well. Worst router I have ever owned. I will NEVER own any Netgear hardware again. Couldn’t even install DD WRT or other custom firmware because they used some thrash vendor for the chips that does not have Linux support.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel 1 points 1 day ago

I've sold about 30 sets of m4 / s4 models and they've been fairly good. Not entirely stable when given 30+ iot devices.

The x50 was terrible though. Many devices would try to connect to the furthest unit and refuse the closest one.