Devolo Home circuit network did the trick!

[Merlin999]

Having spent a lot of time and money trying to get a solid wireless network up and running in a large three storey house.

I installed these and bingo! It worked! Wireless sucks!

http://www.devolo.com/co_EN/consumer/kategorien.html

Maplins do other kit too, netgear,etc.

 

[centaur]

Looking at their 'blurb' whatever they're selling doesn't appear to replicate a wireless network. It isn't rocket science to setup a Windows network via a wireless router either, there's even a 'wizard' to help you, and it's all free !

 

[Gonzo]

Looking at their 'blurb' whatever they're selling doesn't appear to replicate a wireless network. It isn't rocket science to setup a Windows network via a wireless router either, there's even a 'wizard' to help you, and it's all free !

Actually, for some of us it is!



My supposedly good Netgear router fails to give me a signal further than one room away. I can't establish a secure wireless connection to my work laptop for VPN purposes as the W-whatever-its-called key keeps being spat out by the router interface and the Netgear helpline in Farawayland is f***ing crap. So I'm limited to the wired connection for all three machines I want to use and have no confidence that if I buy another one it will be any better.

This sort of thing really does need to get easier - if it did, people like me (technological halfwits) will spend more money. If this company has made it easy by doing the same old thing - only in English with instructions that bear some resemblance to reality - then good for them.

Apart from that, its going really well. Thanks for your consideration.