My Linksys E8450 has succumbed to the OKOD (OpenWRT Kiss of Death). In case you are unaware, the OKOD essentially is the E8450 spontaneously dying. loss of power, or a reboot can lead to it completely dying — the lights don’t come on, and it is essentially bricked. Afaik, it is currently unknown exactly what causes it.
Anyways, it may be possible to recover, and I am currently working on that, but should I not be able to recover it, I will need to purchase a new router. To that end, I am looking for recommendations for a new router that is equal to, or better than the Linksys E8450 (it must be well supported by OpenWRT).
I may just buy another E8450, but I am curious if there is a better alternative.
If you want to keep comparable capability and are ok with flashing a new firmware you might like a Netgear (R8000) - AC3200
I run tomato on mine, I have network segmentation, VLANs, all the goodies
I would honestly suggest any router on this list that meets your needs
https://wiki.freshtomato.org/doku.php/hardware_compatibility