With all the gov’t attacks on privacy these days I’ve been thinking about getting my own router. I’ve never done it and am pretty new to network stuff overall. I certainly welcome any recommendations for routers but I mainly have a stupid question:
Is it as simple as just swapping out the isp router? I’ve disconnected anything I had exposed to the internet and use LAN only right now so none of my old port forwarding rules are needed.


That’s weird; the “firmware backdoor” thing ought to have incentivized you to go for OpenWRT even more, not scared you off. OpenWRT is the solution to untrustworthy manufacturer-provided firmware!