Hi, 

It appears I am having Internet router problems.  Occasionally I will
not be able to access the Internet for a few seconds to a minute or so. 
This morning I was not able to access the Internet at all.  

I am with Cox and have a home office business account.  I called Cox and
they suggested bypassing my router and connect directly to their modem. 
That worked.  Based on that I think my router is going bad.   

I had turned off the modem and the router for a maybe an hour or so
while I did other things.  I now have access. 

I would like a secure router.  Cox says almost any modern router will be
secure.  Security is a big issue.  When I look at all the WiFi that is
available in my neighborhood I see maybe 10 routers.  That is scary!  

Since I have a business account that allows servers I have been using
port forwarding.  I am a programmer and occasionally I fire up my laptop
turned server for testing.  

I also have set up my WiFi to only accept those devices that I have
configured by MAC address.  

Any toughs on my pending router purchase? 

Thank you so much for all your feedback!! 

Keith