EU buying advice. Not sure which router to buy?

[Dante]

For references there are a few recent discussions already:

Interesting low-cost routers - 2025

Feel free to discuss modern low-cost routers that can be flashed with OpenWrt. Summary

Best Newcomer Router - 2025

The world moves on, and the recommendations in Best "newcomer router" - 2024 have evolved, too. The next post lists the current winners. I'll keep it updated as I get new recommendations. My criteria remain the same: inexpensive, easy to flash, full ability to fight bufferbloat, etc. These are the critical characteristics: Supports official STABLE OpenWrt 23.05.x. No snapshot builds. I will update this when 24.10 ships. Clear one-step installation instructions, without warnings, in the Table …

Future-proof router advice in EU

I've recently bought a TP-Link Archer AX23 (without too much investigation beforehand). I was pointed out that this device isn't that future-proof. And since I'm also looking for a new switch/AP I've decided to use the AX23 for that. So I'm looking for a new router. To answer the usual questions: ISP connection: 400 Mbit up and down Wi-Fi needs: both 2.4GHz and 5GHz need for Gigabit Ethernet: yep. Working with a NAS and video files need for USB ports: nope Family members/devices: There are 5 …