Is it a good idea to buy an antrouter just to learn the ropes before spending $3-500 on a good asic unit?

I would like to start mining with either an s9 or l3 antminer but I am very scared I may not understand something and have an expensive paperweight. I want to at least make sure I have the software side working and am able to properly join a mining pool and have money go to a bitcoin wallet (for now I just have a coinbase acct). Will ant router be able to return on investment or will I be losing money at this point with that little unit?

Submitted August 24, 2017 at 07:33PM by Webs169 http://bit.ly/2vsAeIw