xr500 RIP? Where is the SPI and NAT? Borrowed Linksys Gui? No SSH/Telnet?

Any hints as to what is to come in terms of the r-apps? I would love to personally see something along the lines of a true firewall and IPS coupled with something like Squid caching. I would absolutely pay for this type of package. Every soho router uses dnsmasq and sure, this works, but it’s not really utilizing the full potential of the router. This would be fantastic coupled with an EXT2 or 4 drive. 

Another suggestion would be a more robust set of firewall rules and port blocking that we could purchase as well as import easily from you. Think ublock origin, disconnect and a solid set of lists updated regularly. I definitely feel like I do not have a very granular set of controls over the firewall and, my opinion, is it felt very open out of the box with IPSec and such being permitted along with UPNP being enabled by default. I understand that might make things easier to a degree but it also is exposing the network to the entire world in as well as our. This is also why I was very harsh on the inclusion of and use of RIP by the router. Netgear has made that very confusing is it on or off? It definitely is one that should be retired.

May I ask what QOS codec you are using or is that proprietary information? It would be great to see the something like cake thrown in with your usual asssortment. I also am assuming as a congestion algo you are using the standard cubic. Perhaps, implementing something modern  like BBR would definitely have benefits for the gaming user base.

I know I am writing a lot but there is a lot of potential here and if I can stimulate an idea in any way, then I hope to try to give back. A last set of questions: if I enable telnet will that be enabled just for the internal network or will the port be open on both sides (it might be a good idea to implement drop bear so an sshd is present). Secondly, are their special credentials or am I just logging in with what I setup now. (I am off network so I can’t test it right now)-

I thank you for your time.

J