TP-Link makes some of the most popular and the best Wi-Fi routers but a U.S. government ban on them could be one step closer to reality.

The Shenzhen, China-based company has been in the crosshairs of the American government since December of 2024 when The Wall Street Journal reported that a potential ban was coming within the next calendar year.

Initially, the ban was floated by the Commerce Department. A Washington Post report from late October 2025 indicates that multiple other agencies are backing a potential ban too. Apparently, a coalition of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and the Department of Defense spent this past summer looking into the ban.

Largely, as with the resolved TikTok ban, US officials are concerned about links between TP-Link and the Chinese government.

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