Hi lobsters - I’m interested in your thoughts on home routers. I have used the crummy ones provided by my ISPs for years (currently I have something called a FritzBox), but I’m increasingly considering getting something a bit more customisable. My requirements are minimal. My flat is small so coverage is not a problem. I would like to do some DNS filtering so if I can run pihole or similar on the router itself that’s a plus. I would love better logs in the event of network issues. Tell me about your setups/experiences? :)
Im happy with my ubiquiti router, but I’d strongly consider any router that can run open source software instead of the provided software. Ubiquiti is easy but pricier. So it depends on how much you want to tinker.
Mikrotik are well respected for their hardware and ship some with a modified version of FOSS. So you can get some great hardware already working and configured.
Look at dd-wrt and openwrt and see which you prefer. Then check their compatible commercial routers and that all the required features you want work.
I think tomato router software was a thing for a bit, and there are some forks of it still going, but I think the wrt firmware has taken over and is more mature with more compatibility.