All good points, much appreciated. Unfortunately the physical layout is such that a cable between the routers is not possible, so a wireless solution is needed. Thanks Tim

I suppose it would help if the Huawei router supports WDS, I think it may. Tim

@woozle That's really helpful, thank you. I do have the login for the Huawei so I will give that a go. Do you think changing the netmask to 255.255.0.0 would also work? I realise this isn't the...

I have a Huawei B535, which is connected to the internet via ADSL and is running on its default settings with IP range 192.168.8.X I also have a TL-WR841N(EU) V12.0 which is not on the internet and...