Past experiences include Cisco (bad incentives, they make a lot of money from certifications and licenses), TP-Link (broke the case physically when pressing a button, was left without updates after some time), Ubiquiti (could not handle the load of my home network. I had the edgerouter-x though which is weak)
I have had the most stable experience with Asus and Ubiquiti. Asus is great for home setups, while Ubiquiti gives you more control if you are willing to spend time configuring it. Reliability mattered more to me than fancy features.
Mikrotik.
Past experiences include Cisco (bad incentives, they make a lot of money from certifications and licenses), TP-Link (broke the case physically when pressing a button, was left without updates after some time), Ubiquiti (could not handle the load of my home network. I had the edgerouter-x though which is weak)
I have had the most stable experience with Asus and Ubiquiti. Asus is great for home setups, while Ubiquiti gives you more control if you are willing to spend time configuring it. Reliability mattered more to me than fancy features.
Whatever I can install Opnsense on.
Glinet
Ubiquiti
Whatever I can install OpenWRT on.