New Router Purchase

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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