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Sadly I am not able to outright get ride of my ISP router. I am here in Canada on Shaw, well it recently was taken over by Rogers, and we can not just use our own. We can put the modem into bridge mode and connect to it but not get ride of it completely. I am not sure if bridge mode would stop much of the security concerns but my gut says no.

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Once in bridge mode it's no longer acting as a router, so it should mostly be fine. The firewall on your actual router will be present between the modem/internet and your machines.

Great thank you for the information. I've held off on getting a half decent router as there is so much to know. I've always wanted to get one I can put my own firmware and the benefits they have but just not sure the best route. I also have lots of people in the house so want something that can handle many connections at once like 10 devices says. The isp router only has 4 Ethernet ports which a couple more would be handy so that is also a wish list. Anyways thank you I will look into it a bit more.

One thing worth noting is that you don't need the ethernet ports to be on the router itself. You can always add a switch for more ports. 2.5G switches are pretty cheap now, and if connected to a 10G port on your router should provide plenty of bandwidth. (Could even get a 10G switch, but that'd likely be overkill.)

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