Published May 9, 2026, 8:01 AM EDT I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry in some way or another since 2017. In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at  adam@xda-developers.com , on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE , on Instagram as AdamConwayIE , or u/AdamConwayIE on Reddit. Sign in to your XDA account If you've spent any time in home lab or self-hosting circles, you'll have heard one piece of universal advice: ditch your ISP's router. It's treated as gospel, as it's typically the case that anything your broadband provider hands you is going to be a locked-down, poorly-featured paperweight that's only fit for bridge mode, if even that.…