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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 741547" data-attributes="member: 59833">You have a much greater chance of being hacked if you connected your computer directly to your modem without using a router. So even a very basic router is much MUCH better than no modem at all as that puts a very robust security layer between your computer and your gateway device (typically the modem). A router will assign your connected devices a new IP address - a very good thing. If a basic Ethernet router, just about the only way a bad guy could hack into your network is if he/she physically attached an Ethernet cable to your router. Unless you live in a commune, that would be pretty hard to do unnoticed. If a &quot;wireless&quot; router, it is easier for a hacker to access and use your network unnoticed. So just make sure you use the strongest security/encryption your connected devices support, and use a very strong wireless passphrase. Don&#039;t use your dog&#039;s name or street address or anything anyone can easily guess. Remember, bad guys are lazy opportunists. If they see any security in their way, they will quickly move on to easier pickings - unless they have a personal vendetta against you specifically, and are purposely targeting your specifically. And in that case, you probably have bigger security and safety issues to deal with.I&#039;m not buying that. Either that specific D-link is defective, or it is ISP provided router that they modified. I suspect the latter. There is just no reason D-Link would do that. They don&#039;t care what DNS servers you use. And if they were not going to let you change settings, they would not include those items in the admin menu. Plus, there would be 1000s (millions?) reports all over the Internet of users complaining of that problem because many users prefer using OpenDNS, Google DNS, or Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS (which is what I use) instead of their ISP&#039;s DNS servers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 741547, member: 59833"] You have a much greater chance of being hacked if you connected your computer directly to your modem without using a router. So even a very basic router is much MUCH better than no modem at all as that puts a very robust security layer between your computer and your gateway device (typically the modem). A router will assign your connected devices a new IP address - a very good thing. If a basic Ethernet router, just about the only way a bad guy could hack into your network is if he/she physically attached an Ethernet cable to your router. Unless you live in a commune, that would be pretty hard to do unnoticed. If a "wireless" router, it is easier for a hacker to access and use your network unnoticed. So just make sure you use the strongest security/encryption your connected devices support, and use a very strong wireless passphrase. Don't use your dog's name or street address or anything anyone can easily guess. Remember, bad guys are lazy opportunists. If they see any security in their way, they will quickly move on to easier pickings - unless they have a personal vendetta against you specifically, and are purposely targeting your specifically. And in that case, you probably have bigger security and safety issues to deal with. I'm not buying that. Either that specific D-link is defective, or it is ISP provided router that they modified. I suspect the latter. There is just no reason D-Link would do that. They don't care what DNS servers you use. And if they were not going to let you change settings, they would not include those items in the admin menu. Plus, there would be 1000s (millions?) reports all over the Internet of users complaining of that problem because many users prefer using OpenDNS, Google DNS, or Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS (which is what I use) instead of their ISP's DNS servers. [/QUOTE]

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