Woah, that's a lot of networks

I guess I have it pretty good.

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Another thing you can do is connect one router to the other by ethernet - as far apart as possible with the second one as near the kitchen as possible. You disable DHCP on the second, and set its LAN address to a fixed one within the standard range for the first.

The second one should then work as a wireless access point with a strong(er) signal in the kitchen.

A similar solution is to connect a pure Wireless Access Point by ethernet to the Netgear. That means buying one though.

In reply to a post by TheCodexNecro:

I'm getting only one signal bar on computers in the kitchen. Using a Netgear DG834PN - Not o2.

Are they laptops or desktops? If laptops does it help to move them about a bit whilst watching the signal on inSSIder ?

If that's a BT Business Hub (2Wire) they're often quite low power output; the WiFi agreements in europe allow quite high power but many routers don't use all they're allowed. You might find moving the Netgear around slightly (if you can) helps, maybe raise it up on a small table etc.

Otherwise if the computers are fixed, perhaps look into HomePlug technology.

Just an update on this situation and a quick thank you.

I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your replies. I've learned a few new things here and it will serve me well If I, or anyone I know has similar problems in the future.

My final solution, though was to just take the gamble and buy a Netgear DGNG3700. It has been running since last Saturday solid, all computers connected and wireless signal is amazing in the kitchen now. Still a sudden jolt of interference if the microwave is turned on, but hey, can't do much about that except switching to 5ghz, but then i'd lose range

I guess my old DG834PN wasn't up to the job.

In reply to a post by TheCodexNecro:

I guess my old DG834PN wasn't up to the job.

Good news that a new router with stronger and cleverer signal resolved the problem. The new N standard is very good at that.

In reply to a post by TheCodexNecro:

I think this is a range issue here from the looks of it, although I may be wrong. Since i'm not too keen to move the router itself, I think i'm going to have to take the risk and upgrade to a newer box.

As you have stated, there is a risk with a new router. Why not do what I did, just buy a wi-fi repeater? Set it up at the edge of your current range and guaranteed better range.

I bought an EnGenius 11n Client/Repeater from Solwise (an excellent company to deal with) via Amazon, as buying direct from Solwise was more expensive due to credit card surcharges.

DrT