Help picking between 2 routers

So I'm between two routers. I plan on flashing the router with dd-wrt immediately. Just want some advise please.
Between
Netgear R7000 Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Router ‑ 4‑Port Switch
And the
ASUS RT‑AC87U Wireless router ‑ 4‑port switch ac2400
The asus one is the newer one with better hardware, but I'm not sure which will work out better for me in the long run.
My current situation: house with three floors, 6 regular users, and roughly 7-10 devices concurrently.
Right now I have a 57 Mbps connection using a net gear router with ddwrt.
One issue I'm currently running into is every so often the wifi only will crash while the wired connection stays live.  I've tried trouble shooting for past several months No resolution. I am considering a speed upgrade soon, but not until I can sustain a stable connection with the current setup.
Most common use is gaming and streaming via Netflix, along with general browsing.
What I'm looking for is stable hardware that will keep me future proof for a bit longer, that is why im erring towards the asus since it is the new hardware, but they are also the less tested company in terms of routers.
I'll appearciate any advise.
Currently. Can get asus for $258, and netgear for $171
I am hoping to upgrade to a 500 Mbps connection down the road.

Thank you for your help, re-instating the DHCP did the trick (after a power cycle).
Just in case anyone else needs to do this, here is my final config;
WAG160N is set to 192.168.1.1 with DHCP enabled.
BEFW11S4 is set to 192.168.2.1 with DHCP enabled and auto select IP address.
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone - just need a Wireless N ADSL router (to replace the two I've got hooked up) that can log all internet traffic now

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