Home network help, multi-routers...

[Scumball]

Hi folks, just after some ideas...

This is a diagram of my home network, it's a few years old, the endpoints are all updated, but the network nodes are still in that state.

The house has thick walls and is very long front-to-back, hence the roaming APs for the wifi network, but I love having all the static devices hard wired.

The D-Link routers were ideal, as they were £5 each brand new from various Virgin Media customers on eBay, and have been good, but now they're failing and limited with wifi mode and 10/100 interfaces.

Can anyone recommend a relatively inexpensive router (as I'll be buying 3) with solid reliability, customisable (or open source flashable) decent wifi and ideally 10/100/1000? I'll sacrifice 1000T if that's the best way!

Thanks in advance!

TL;DR - Spec me 3 cheap decent routers?

 

[Scumball]

Thanks for the reply, multiple routers are to cover a long house with thick walls (also means the back of house AP can reach the garage), diagram should say dhcp client on everything except the primary. Will look at your recommendation, would I be better having switches for hardwired kit and pure APs as required?