I’m looking to get a new router, but all of the ones I’ve found try to force a mandatory internet connection/account creation to activate them without any bypass methods (at least that my searching could find).

Is there any way to get a new router to work without connecting an account to it? Or a way to bypass it? If not, is there a specific used router that might be more privacy friendly?

I don’t need anything special, it’s just home wifi.

    • randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org
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      6 days ago

      Fair enough DD is also a good choice!!

      Last I looked one of the typical Linksys recommended model (WRT series) hadn’t been updated in a while in DD.

      OpenWRT also had a ton of “internet support”…. or a little more than DD, again last time I looked.

      I currently use a Synology, because I don’t have the mental energy to tinker right now 🙂

      • quid_pro_joe@infosec.pub
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        4 days ago

        I just looked up my (backup) router, a Linksys WRT1200AC, and sure enough, OpenWrt has a recently updated firmware dated June 2025, whereas the latest supported build of DD-WRT is from 2020. I’m gonna give OpenWRT a shot, thanks for the recommendation!