I have a DSE XH9950 in an upstairs study. The study contains a Uniden 2.5 cordless phone and a desktop PC. The desktop PC is hard-wired to the router.

Downstairs in the kitchen (which is not directly underneath the study but within 2 metres or so), I have an MSI Wind U100 connecting wirelessly and a phone station.

My first thought was that the cordless phone whould be the problem, but I cannot see any improvement when it is switched off (both units).

Firstly, I am using channel 6. There are about 4 other wireless connections in the vicinity and use 1, 6 and 11 (as one would expect).

I have set the router to only use 'g' (it can do b and g) and using WPA2.

As in a previous post, the floor between the ground floor and first floor may be the problem.

I have downloaded Netstumbler and my connection reads:

Signal + = -29/31 (others read 80-88)
SNR = 67 (others 16-18)
snr+ = 69 (others 16-22)

PS Just checked Netstumbler before pressing the Submit button and the Signal + is now -56 and SNR is 34-40. Check again and Signal + is down to -52 and SNR to 42.


I cannot hard-wire (and don't want to) the notebook to the router.

I also Remote Desktop from my Desktop PC (Vista) into my work PC (XP). I think I am getting more disconnections from this DSE Router than my previous ADSL Router (non wireless). It's just a feeling.

What are my next steps?