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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 11:15 am
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try add-on antennas if necessary
Originally Posted by RichMSN
I'm in a new house. Bought a Linksys Wireless N Gigabit router. No problems with the setup, but the range is miserable. I really thought a good wireless signal would get to the back bedroom, which isn't more than 25 feet away, but it's not. MIL's computer in the basement? Ha.

BTW, I tried another model router and got the same result.

I should've wired this house for ethernet, but I didn't. Any suggestions? I was expecting much better range than this.
Assuming your AP has threaded antenna connectors, you can replace the stock antennas with better ones to get an easy signal strength boost. Something like http://shop1.frys.com/product/490167...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG , although you've got plenty of options, both directional and omni-directional.

Another option is to add signal boosters, like this http://www.amazon.com/Hawking-HiGain.../dp/B0009MYSHU

you can even combine better antennas and signal boosters if need be.

Bob
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