re: Gigabit users -- what router are you using?

You could at a different card to it as easy as cake. Most people aren't going to want to deal with it though. But for those of us that like to tinker, it has endless amounts of options that you will never find on a consumer grade router.

I plan on running my own VPN on it to have secure access on my phone to my internal network. It also has network level ad blocking and malware protection. Also has intrusion detection. Lots of things that it can do with more power that others cant.

But sure, most people aren't going to be bothered with it. They just want to know how to turn on netflix.