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.
Re modem type, there is one for every budget but start with what you need ie wifi 5,6,7 or VPN capability, IPV6 etc. and look up openwrt and see what works at your budget then.