I have just changed over to BT Internet with their Home HUB 2, but find the wireless coverage is not as good as my previous router. I have decided to connect the new router to the Laptop using the ethernet cable, but find that I am unable to pick up the wireless signals with my iPhone 3 GS very far from the router. Is there any way that I can extend the range of the router? I have seen advertised a unit that replaces the antenna of the router, but the Home Hub 2 does not have an external antenna. Before I could connect the iPhone any where in the house and garden.If it's a proprietary-branded router, then your options for boosting the signal may be limited.

What you could do is use your OLD router as a wireless access point (or "WAP"). To do this:

1) Connect your PC or laptop to your old router.
2) Log into it using whatever IP address it's using (usually 192.168.1.1) and whatever user name and password you use to get into it.
3) Change the IP address to something that is NOT the same as your Home Hub 2, but is on the same subnet. For example, if your Home Hub 2 is 192.168.1.1, make your old router 192.168.1.2. VERY IMPORTANT!!!
4) Turn OFF DHCP on your old router!! This means that it should not be giving out IP addresses.
5) CLICK whatever "Save changes" button there is on the router's page.
6) Disconnect your PC from the router.
7) Connect your "Home Hub 2" (or whatever it's called) to the old router using the LAN ports (the numbered ports, usually 1, 2, 3, or 4). Do NOT use the WAN/Internet port on your old router!
Connect your laptop back to the Home Hub 2 network (via wireless, wired, or whatever).
9) Log into the Home Hub 2. Disable the wireless radio.

Voila! Now you've got yourself your old wireless coverage back while, at the same time, using your new Internet service!Thanks very much for your reply. Will give it a go. Thanks again. Pete.