In reply to a post by ian72:

In reply to a post by manofdogs:

Can you run Cat5/6 from Master socket to router?

Yes. Cat 5 is great for doing phone extensions - high quality cable with minimal signal loss.

pre-made or need to wire yourself?

Wire it yourself no need for crimp tools as infrastructure cable fits idc connectors ie data extension on back of adsl faceplate and an rj11 faceplate at the other end

Just checking

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

The best thing to do would be to keep the existing router in it's place.

Then buy a secondary cable router for around £25. Run a cable, say 25m of cabling (you can get this on ebay for around £2) from the existing router to where the signals currently poor. Place the 2nd router at the end of this cable. You just need to turn DHCP off on the 2nd router and it should work.

This way the broadband signal is unaffected in anyway and you have strong signal all over.

Moving the existing router just a few metres is likely to marginally increase the signal in currently bad areas meaning you'll still have low signal in some areas. Also moving it might introduce new areas where the signals bad.

I tried this 2nd modem approach the other day but all it did was make the main modem 'disappear' - when I tried to IP it I could only find the 2nd one. When I put everything back as it was the router had to be completely reset.

Also, I have tried the wireless in a new position and it gave very good coverage. Only issue was that when using standard extension cable the download speed dropped from 5.1 to 3.2. This is why I'm looking to find the best cable to link the master socket to the wifi router

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Is your master socket really in the extension? Where was it before the extension was built?

Master socket was added for a business line in the extension which we use as an office. All pre-wifi hence the bad position

In reply to a post by manofdogs:

Master socket was added for a business line in the extension

Does that imply you have a residential line in the main building? If so, can't you transfer BB there?

Wire it yourself

See http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/faceplate/ and the picture with red/yellow/black arrows at the bottom of the page. One pair from the cat5 into the yellow arrow connector and at the other end into the connectors on the back of a socket like this

Alternatively if you want phone and ADSL at the extension, same yellow on the filter faceplate and then something like an ADSL extension socket

Using sockets at each end is the better way to do it, than running a lead with an end already attached.

The second router approach should work, even with DHCP on, all depends on how you are plugging stuff in.

http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/wap/configuring-wap.html goes through repurposing a router as a wireless access point.

If you just want a decent cable to run at few metres with connectors already on it then http://www.tandyonline.co.uk/electronics/telecoms-ds... is what to go for (other lengths are available)

In reply to a post by manofdogs:

I tried this 2nd modem approach the other day but all it did was make the main modem 'disappear' - when I tried to IP it I could only find the 2nd one. When I put everything back as it was the router had to be completely reset.

Also, I have tried the wireless in a new position and it gave very good coverage. Only issue was that when using standard extension cable the download speed dropped from 5.1 to 3.2. This is why I'm looking to find the best cable to link the master socket to the wifi router

When the second router configured as the wireless access point "disappears from the network", it is because you have both routers with the same IP address, change the wireless access point IP address.

Or possibly they are in 2 different subnets in which case the PC would jump to the second routers subnet with no route to get to the subnet of the first (ie main could be 192.168.0.1 with second being 192.168.1.254 with no route available to get from one to the other).