TP-Link Starts Selling Wi-Fi 8 Routers, But You Can't Get One Thanks to the FCC

TP-Link Starts Selling Wi-Fi 8 Routers, But You Can't Get One Thanks to the FCC

Other vendors, including Asus and Netgear, have received an exemption to the Trump administration's foreign-made router ban, but Chinese-affiliated brands have not been so lucky.

Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban

This spring, the United States banned all future foreign-made consumer routers - effectively all future routers - unless their makers could 1) convince the US government that they weren't a national security threat, and 2) submit "a detailed, time-bound plan to establish or expand manufacturing in the United States." As of September 9th, Asus now […]

TP-Link opens Australian pre-orders for Wi-Fi 8 router

Australian households can pre-order a AUD $1,499 router that TP-Link says should improve reliability, coverage and interference handling.

Wi-Fi 8 arrives in Australia, and it is about reliability, not speed

TP-Link has opened Australian preorders for the Archer 8 Ultra, its first Wi-Fi 8 router. It carries an RRP of $1,499 and is available to order through four major retailers from 1 October 2026. TP-Link says Australia is one of the first markets in the world to get the hardware. Buyers should note that the […]