Thank you for the suggestions. I am busy working on a deadline right now but will move my shelves around later.

When I checked the power saver option, it was for the wi-fi card, not for the computer - there may be another setting that I missed. FYI I also grabbed the router user manual and will peruse that as well.

I do use my laptop quite a bit out of the house, school, church etc., so don't want to ignore power saving features overall - right now I get ~3 hrs per charge and would like to keep it in that range.

Oh yeah, I live in a duplex - the neighbour also has a router (I sometimes get his signal showing up), don't know about what type of cordless phone or other electronic devices he has.

FYI the signal drops off when I get more than 20' from the router - basically the other side of the kitchen. I am 5' away right now, steel shelves still in the area and get 54 Mbps strength.

Again thank you for your help.

Cheers
MapleLeaf