Extend Wireelss Range

[littledave]

Looking to tidy up my network and extend the wireless range.

Currently on the Virgin 50MB with the supplied Netgear WNR2000.

The WNR200 is connected to a Gigabit Netgear GS605 which feeds 3 pc's and another GS605 in the living room for the PS3, Blueray, Wii.

I have real trouble upstairs with wireless coverage when using iPhones, or laptops.

There is a wired Cat 5 upstairs from the GS605 which I thought I could unplug from the PC and plug another wireless router in, to extend the range, then plug the PC back into this router.

Maybe there is a better router than the supplied Virgin one that I could upgrade too.

Any thoughts please.

 

[littledave]

I can turn this router into a repeater ive seen it in the settings.

Can I turn this router into a wireless access point. but tbh I dont really rate it much, and ive read some poor reviews of it.

Ideally i would like to shift this upstairs as an WiFi N AP, and get a new router for my main connection. If I could get a Wireless N Gigabit router that would be great as I could filter out the GS605 but im not sure any of these are good, saying that I would need an 8 port, dont think they exist.


Reccommendations?