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I feel like randomly promoting a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) project, that I use:
That project is OpenWRT, a Linux distro for routers:
This replaces the usual proprietary bloat, offering better customisation and security features. They also make money from selling their own preloaded router:
https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one
OpenWRT is a member of Software Freedom Conservancy:
https://sfconservancy.org/projects/current/
There are others too, like pfSense and OPNsense, based on FreeBSD.
I've used OpenWRT, and variants of it, since about 2014. I most recently purchased an ASUS TUF AX6000 and installed OpenWRT on it, to run a wireguard client; I need a fast router for encrypted VPN at 1Gbps.
OpenWRT supports *hundreds* of routers. You get a lot more fine grained control.
For example, you can better customise SQM traffic shaping e.g. Cake/fq_codel. It has nice VLAN features...
I mean. It's Linux. It's the power of Linux. They make running a Linux router easier for mere mortals.
@libreleah I'm so old I first ran it on a Buffalo Air station that only did 802.11b/g! That must have been The White Russian version.
I've gone through pretty much every release since. Now on Dynalink WRX36 as main with Zyxel WSM20 as APs and an Arcadyan AW1000 as a backup/5G router.
@libreleah Do you also use its wifi? I have Ruckus gear for that is rock solid, but I do need a cheap Gb router.
@libreleah Then again, my core switch is a beefy Brocade that does L3 so maybe it’s dumb to throw another piece of hardware in the mix, he mused aloud.