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.
That usually means a WiFi-Ethernet router. ADSL requires a modem, which can be a standalone bridge modem or a modem-router. I’ve found it better to have modems and routers separate.