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I have recently moved into a new house which was way bigger than my previous (yay!), although my new router doesn't seem to be able to fully pierce the upstairs bedrooms.. the best I can get is a low signal with many lost packets. Simply put, I'm looking for a much higher powered router than the Linksys WRT54tG. The position of the router is in the basement, and this cannot be moved unfortunantly.
Can anyone recommend anything, or perhaps another device I can install to boost signals?
I have searched a whole bunch and there are plenty ones I have found, although I should have made this more clear I am looking for people who have actually used a high powered router to expander, simply because I don't believe most of the marketing junk they throw at you. Although I still do appreciate suggestions.
The D-Link and Linksys "N" routers are mostly decent.
I've got a Linksys WRT54X4 that works quite well. I'll say this however, place the router on the second floor of a two or three story house as close to the middle as possible.
feyd wrote:The D-Link and Linksys "N" routers are mostly decent.
I've got a Linksys WRT54X4 that works quite well. I'll say this however, place the router on the second floor of a two or three story house as close to the middle as possible.
Unfortunantly moving the router is not an option. Although thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Dude, just buy a AP (Access Point) and stick it somewhere in the middle to act as a bridge. APs are handy to have around since you can hook them into a wired network to provide wireless access without a wireless router too.
d11wtq wrote:Dude, just buy a AP (Access Point) and stick it somewhere in the middle to act as a bridge. APs are handy to have around since you can hook them into a wired network to provide wireless access without a wireless router too.
Cool, I think I'm going to go with the AP considering it is cheaper than another router. We'll see how that goes anyway.. thanks for the advise guys.
I used a Linksys Range Expander (WRE54G) with my Linksys Wireless Router (WRT54GS) and it covered a pretty decent range in my one-story house. I am totally not sure what would help a two story, router in the basement set-up though.
I can say this about my router/expander setup... My router was literally on the farthest outside wall of the house and the expander, which was on the opposite end of the house, boosted the signal to almost 90% across the street. So an expander may help you.