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 

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