500mbs is more than enough for couple of people. Even for doing 4k streaming is fine. Don't really see any benefits of 1gig unless you are downloading/uploading tons of data. 2gb is just overkill and definitely not required.
Look at review website dongknows to narrow down the choice of routers based on your requirement. Everyone is different so hard recommend, still some are good.
Few router recommendations
1. Unifi UDR7. Great all-in-one router with lots of features.
2. Asus with wifi 7 and support for merlin firmware. Check above website for reviews.
3. If you want more control and would like to go DIY route, Any N100 mini pc with dual nic running opnsense/pfsense on it. Maybe directly or virtualized. Add an AP like unifi or omada or something else.
if you insist on wifi i personally love asus ai mesh. i’ve had nothing but great experiences with it so far. speeds are consistent through my entire house. eero on the other hand i personally have had very, very bad luck with. Devices that don’t roam properly across the nodes correctly, hit or miss connection drops during hand offs, poor speeds on satellite nodes (even with the pro models with tri band) and half of the good features being behind a stupid paywall. i personally wouldn’t ever touch eero again.
I've been using Asus Aimesh for years. 3 nodes and seamless switching when walking around. There does seem to be a client limit at about 75-80 wifi devices whiche forced me to move iot devices to a separate wifi network.
Asus is great to start with but unifi likely my next system
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GL-MT6000 (Flint 2)
91% positive of 199 users
OpenWrt enthusiast's choice; good value, but lacks 6GHz.
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