Mikrotik wAP ac [1] positioned in center of home with a Mikrotik Hex POE [2] as the main router and DHCP server. There is TP-Link HomePlug [3,4] between router and WiFi base station.

The wAP ac has a stronger and more reliable signal than any other WiFI unit I've tried (various Linksys, Asus, and BT units).

The Mikrotik gear is rock solid, but not exactly what I'd call consumer friendly. Great if you know or want to know something about real routers. I got fed up with buggy consumer routers and decided to go with either Mikrotik or Ubiquity rather than struggle to get the right hardware and firmware combo for Tomato et al. Nothing wrong with these, but none of my existing hardware had an image on the various options.

[1] https://mikrotik.com/product/RBwAPG-5HacT2HnD, $89

[2] https://mikrotik.com/product/RB960PGS, $79

[3] http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/cat-18_TL-PA4010KIT.h...

[4] Always, always change the HomePlug network name and password :-)