I used to use the crappy mainstream stuff like the Linksys, in fact I have probably over £1k of WiFi routers in my router graveyard at home.
I switched to a Ubiquiti Edge Router and went the "discrete devices" route, one device for one purpose.
The edge router lasted 5 years or so before some power component blew, and with the sorry state of updates from Ubiquiti these days, I decided to move on. When I was looking around Turris came up a lot but it goes against my "discrete devices" approach so I bought a Protectli i5 box and run pfSense.
Ideally I'd like to get to the point where my Ubiquiti Unifi APs can be replaced with generic but capable hardware running Linux or BSD too for WiFi 6 speeds (not sure that's currently possible/available) and Switches are likely a way off.
I switched to a Ubiquiti Edge Router and went the "discrete devices" route, one device for one purpose.
The edge router lasted 5 years or so before some power component blew, and with the sorry state of updates from Ubiquiti these days, I decided to move on. When I was looking around Turris came up a lot but it goes against my "discrete devices" approach so I bought a Protectli i5 box and run pfSense.
Ideally I'd like to get to the point where my Ubiquiti Unifi APs can be replaced with generic but capable hardware running Linux or BSD too for WiFi 6 speeds (not sure that's currently possible/available) and Switches are likely a way off.