Thanks, sloop. I’ll spend some time at NewEgg w/ reviews. I used to buy from them years ago.
I now have Comcast coax coming into the cable modem, and an ethernet cable direct into the computer, bypassing the old router. It would normally go into ethernet port in router, then another ethernet cable from port 1 to the computer.
This old Linksys 4000 unit was plug-n-play; no set-up req’d or software with it. Maybe that was the problem, but was originally decently-fast (30mbps+), but security was main concern for retail CC gateway processing.
Outdoor hardware was replaced yesterday, since it’d weather-degraded since last service in ‘07. 100mbps signal coming in from pedestal on trunk, but I’m now on “Blast!” residential plan at Farm, with limits to 60mbps (getting 53mbps+). I had commercial 125mbps plan at work, before I pulled the corp plug last Nov. Miss that blazing speed, but was costly.
if you do not need any more than 1 port, i’d leave it like you have it
if you need more ports, you can buy a switch instead of a router