Originally Posted by
Spiff
However, once you're more comfortable with your router setup, you might consider improving your router's performance by updating the firmware with something like
dd-wrt, if your router supports it.
^^^ Great advice
If you're super security minded, include setting up MAC filter and do not broadcast SSID options.
My 5 yr old router recently crapped out so got the identical model via eBay, which included dd-wrt. Pain in butt to re-enter MAC addresses of all our computers, smartphones, devices, and then toughest job was using the remote control to enter the password on our apple tv!