toxo Yeah they are quite good. We use the older version at work for providing wireless access to students in remote accommodation buildings that aren't connected up to the main network.

Whatever you do, don't use the stigging CD to install it though! Just plug it in and use the admin web page on the device to configure it.

toxo You've got an android phone right?

Install Wifi Analyzer and switch to the channel graph view. That'll show you surrounding wireless networks, what channel they're on (and how channel selection can make some networks overlap) and how strong they are. Run it when your wireless is working fine, and note down the results. Then run it again when the wireless is misbehaving and see if another network has popped up overlapping with yours.

toxo You should try and stick to channels 1, 6 or 11 if you can. These are the 'standard' channels and can be used without overlapping others. As you can see from your graph, an access point broadcasting on channel 6 overlaps 4-8, but doesn't overlap yours on 11 (which overlaps 9-13). You should always try and pick some free airspace, so channel 11 looks ideal for you for the moment. The first thing you should do if you start having wifi signal problems again is re-run the analyzer and see if something else has appeared on your channel.

Auto channel is meant to pick an uncongested channel, clearly it's not doing that in your case! Interesting to note that you had a better signal on channel 11 as well, almost certainly due to less interference.

Just for info, BT FON, BT Openzone and BtHomeHubwhatever will all be the same access point.

parthiban Awesome, thanks for all your help mate, I'll keep an eye on this over the next few days and hopefully it's now solved.

Does that mean the router is faulty then, or is it just a quirk of the way it works? Could the router changing channels be confusing the devices using it?

parthiban I didn't actually think about the cordless phones, I do actually have one nearby as it's a VOIP one so hooked up to the internet connection also. If the problem persists, I'll try moving that too.

parthiban On a separate note, I'm amazed at the difference the gigabit ports on the router have made. Only one of our PCs has a gigabit ethernet card and despite having a distance to the router of around 20m of network cable it is still considerably faster than the PC right next to the router.

I really didn't think there would be such a noticeable difference when the connection is limited by the 10meg broadband speed, but there does appear to be..........