Food for thought; not all routers are equal and just because you are buying your own router doesn't mean it is a good router. A few years ago a neighbour asked me if I would pop round and help him setup a new router he had bought. I was semi excited thinking I would be able to do so cool things for him but it turned out it was absolutely cack (TP Link router from PC World) and wasn't much better than the shub.
Here is a flavour of what Asus offers you: