Budget constraints aren't fun. Still I think VLANs are the way to go. You can pick up a used Dell PowerConnect for $20 and use just one switch for everything, there are other options. Hell, the 250GS from Mikrotik might (should) work for this. As long as the APs can do VLANs and support multiple SSIDs you can do both networks on each AP.
But if you really need to balance things, do just one network per AP and keep an eye on things, and move the APs over to the other network as one network has too many users. Try to plan out the area and where people will be so you can minimize that. It's absolutely doable, though.
Given your constraints of course you cannot eliminate either router.
You really ease the burden fewi.
Thanks again!.
My radios are UBNT.
From what I undersand UBNT is just now coming out, or will be, with firmware that supports VLAN.
Although, I believe I read someone has been making VLAN's work on the present firmware.
Just to clarify.
I won't need 2 or more SSID's per AP.
The AP's are physically @1 mile apart.
So at the terminal end each wireless AP would be given their own respective SSID.
So, one SSID will work off of the routerboard lic. 4. The other SSID would work off of the PC box with Lic. 5.
But, now I see the benefits of what you were suggesting with the vlan's and doing multiple SSID's per AP. And being able to use just one routerOS.