New Router Purchase

[Herminio Hernandez Jr.]

The edge router is a solid device. 

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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I would suggest that you look at the ubiquity edgerouter lite. 3 ports, 1 Wan, 2 lan, and a management port. Capable of a good amount of traffic. And it gets you all sorts of business class features for a good price. Then you can do wifi however you like. It's about 130 and will go on sale for down to 95. I use one happily connecting it to a switch and from there to my wifi servers etc. 
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2019, 12:17 PM <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>> 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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