Asus RT-AC66U B1. It was the minimum model I could find that would USB tether a cellular hotspot or phone for the WAN source. I hardly ever do the cellular tethering, but I wanted that capability. I also run a USB hard disk on the USB as a ghetto NAS.
It wasn't the latest model when I got it, but It has been the rock solid best router I ever owned. I can't remember the last time I had to restart it. I don't like the UI, but I haven't looked at it in years.
I got FIOS a few months ago. The stupid FIOS router USB does not support cellular tethering or hard disk storage, only USB power supply. I have the Asus WAN port connected to one of the FIOS router LAN ports.
Otherwise my needs are not much. I don't need mesh. The house isn't that big.
I know nobody is going to believe me, but the Verizon FIOS router is actually very very good. Guest and IOT WiFi networks, NAT/PAT, customizable DNS, even has good logging (for a DHCP drop I kept getting).
It doesn't do VLANs but I don't need VLANs.
And since it belongs to Verizon, I can blame them for any issues I have.
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