>>106355107
>The home "router" category of device basically performs a combo role of actual router + WiFi access point + switch at the very least
Home routers are usually limited in vlan capabilities and whilst might be able link aggregate 1 pair of ports, they dont offer features like virtual switches

But, my familiarity with 'home routers' is mostly a TP-link ER605 and it lacked features I needed. I ended up going with a Fortinet Fortigate 60F as a home router and I have 2 TP-Link ER605E (8 port managed) and 1 TP-Link ER605 (8 port unmanaged) switches

>>106260827
I like fortinet. My home 'router' is a Fortigate 60f. It slaps ngl, you can do a lot of stuff with it and newer firmware is adding in even better automation tooling support. You can have it hit api endpoints or have things hit api endpoints on the fortinet. Shieeettt i use it as a credential server to redirect authenticated inbound traffic hitting my public IP to my DMZ webpage