I have been using a GL.iNet GL-MT6000 (Flint 2) WiFi 6 router on my home network since last December and it's on sale for Prime Day. It's a good deal if you're in need of a new home or small business router for use behind a cable modem or similar connection.
The router supports WiFi 6 on the 2.4 and 5 Ghz bands, VLANs, and more than one WAN connection.
It has built in support for AdGuard but I'm running a Pi-hole VM on my Proxmox box for DNS-based filtering.
I've been very happy with it. Underneath it runs OpenWRT. GL.iNet provides a custom web GUI for it that allows you to handle most functions but you can also access the OpenWRT LuCI web GUI for more granular control. OpenWRT is extensible, which has allowed me to install extensions like fail2ban and also blacklist entire countries based on their IP blocks. E.g., any connection initiated from know hotspots for bad actors like Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the PRC, Best Korea, and Iran are simply dropped by my firewall.
Give it a look if you want something more capable than the gateway provided to you by your ISP.
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