I'd recommend a good long look at Apple's offrering. I've setup a 1
router + 3 APs system recently, using Airport Expresses. While setup was
in progress it replaced the Netgear WNDR 4000 I normally use as my AP. 
The hockey puck is minuscule but coverage was much, much better. "Zero
handoff", the ability to associate seamlessly to the closest AP without
disturbing the connection is well implemented (use case: laptop/tablet
user streaming a video while moving around the premises). 
Setup is easy and stays this way even in a more complex topology like
the one I was using. As in all things Apple, it doesn't pretend to do
things you don't want; and in the AE's case, some things I wanted (IPv4
DNS, Tx power setting). But the AE is the bottom of the line, and quite
inexpensive if you get it from the refurb store. And it's an Airplay
target as well.
The Airport Express is quite good at modern things: IPv6, mDNS, DNS-SD,
Sleep Proxy. 

My frontline router is a PCEngines machine running m0n0wall (showing my
age, here...) I like to exert control. I always shunned Apple's
networking stuff due to their requirement of a PC or Mac to configure
the devices. But iThings everywhere have lifted this objection, and
frankly for my next generation of home/office WLAN infra I will most
probably ditch Netgear. Complexity doesn't necessarily rhyme with
performance.

I picked the AEs for price (refurbished) and aesthetics considerations.
My other candidate was Ubiquiti and their Unifi products. I believe
these are also worth a look, if you don't mind office-style flying
saucers attached to your ceiling. 

My 2cts.



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