Techie007L
Getting the hang of it
My favorite is Tomato routers. Sadly, most of the supported routers are old (WiFi 5), but none of them are made in America. And the main "breakout" router (GL-iNet GL-MT6000 "Flint") that supports WiFi 6 (and gigabit speeds without hardware acceleration) is made in China. At least Tomato64 can run on various cobbled together networking PCs (similar to what @mat200 posted about here).
Starlink is one of the few companies that makes consumer-grade routers in the USA. Unfortunately, they're all tailored to use with Starlink Internet rather than configured like a traditional home Internet router. However, even they have started outsourcing their router production overseas (mainly to Vietnam and Taiwan). I noticed their equipment prices were falling, and this explains why. Worth noting, all their Dishys are still made in the USA. An interesting video on the topic here:
The one thing I would point out as misleading in this video would be his suggesting the foreign-made power adapters as problematic. As long as they're physically separate from the router itself, to my knowledge they're not covered by this mandate. Starlink seems uniquely poised to enter this space (I'd love it if they'd make something like the GL-MT6000!), but I imagine they're going to be too busy readjusting their own supply chains and continuing to focus on undercutting Amazon LEO (to lock in as many customers as possible before real competition starts) to make a move on the SOHO routing market. The only other company I'm aware of that makes such equipment in the US at the moment is Adtran, but their equipment is pretty specialized/high-end.
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