Airport Extreme (N) wireless strength issues

I use an airport extreme (N) router to network my macs. I currently run a network of 2 imacs and 2 macbooks, all working fine and dandy. The problem is i have a mac mini which i've hooked up as my media centre to my hifi and plasma. I live in a 3 storey house, the router is on the top floor, the mac mini is in the bottom floor. The mac mini is set up to the network and the wirless icons strength is on mac or middling, but the connection is always very slow or non-existent, i cant even download any updates. All the other computers work fine, i've even tried the macbooks on the bottom floor and wireless signal is fine, but not for the mini. Any ideas?

Welcome to the discussions!
The "bars" on the AirPort icon at the top of your computer screen are not a very good indicator of the actual signal strength available at a given location and they tell you nothing about the signal quality or noise levels.
I would suggest that you download iStumbler on one of your laptops and use the application to get a good look at the actual signal strength and noise on your network. Move the laptop to the original location of the Mac Mini to get a read on things there.
I suspect that you will find that the wireless signal is far too weak downstairs for a good wireless connection. That means you must either find a new location for the Mini by experimenting or you could consider adding an AirPort Express to your network to "extend" the strength of the wireless signal in the downstairs area.

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