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From the wi-fi and router perspective, have a look at some of the DD-WRT or Tomato-USB based firmwares that will run on home-based routers.

I'm using a group of Asus RT-AC-66U's at sub $200 prices that let me do enterprise-class things like separate subnets and virtual LANs.

I bring this up because it makes sense to me to separate your camera traffic from your general network traffic, and can make the management of camera IP addresses MUCH easier.

Granted a custom firmware router/Wi-fi hotspot setup isn't exactly "plug and play" but the benefits of tinkering a bit can be incredible.

Remote monitoring becomes a breeze with this setup, if that interests you...

I'll be watching this thread also. I'm about to do an install for a friend, and while my networking and tech background is up to the task, my knowledge of which camera systems are worth bothering with, and the compatibility between the hardware and software is lacking.