How can I get a stronger signal from my wireless router?

that's a common problem with the linksys.

They actually have tips for setting up your wireless and positioning the router.

The best place to put it is in the center of the room. That's the problem with having a router & wifi in one. can move it far from the modem.

I live on top of a 5 storey building. and when I go around inspecting things I bring my laptop or pocket pc with me. so getting access was a real problem for me. Now I even have wifi down on the garage. and up to the next block.

I actually bought another (cheap) access point and wired it to the farthest point of my house. and it works. Add that access point to the preffered list that your computer will connect to.

Those $50 antennas dont work.

Oh yes the limit of the catv cable to the next hub or access point is 100 meters dont forget.

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If high gain antennas don't work and you can't position the wireless router closer to the center of the house you could try using a wireless repeater. You need to purchase a repeater from the same manufacturer as your router because Wi Fi repeating (WDS) is proprietary.

The Linksys WAP54G access point can be configured as a wireless signal repeater.

For instructions see the link below:

Those two previous answers are decent, but you can also go into your advanced wireless settings on your router. (Type in the ip address of your router into your browser, then pw, then find wireless, advanced)

You should see something in there under the heading "Xmit Power" or something of that sort. It will probably be set to a default of around 28 mW, or something close to that. You can probably set it up around 70 mW without affecting the lifetime of your router, that will give you a little more signal power. Other than that, you'd be stuck with getting another cheap router, and turning it into an access point. Hope that helped!

Peter. it particularly is fairly hassle-free. in case you're a protracted way from the on the spot router then of direction the sign capability would be low.purely a wall or a metamorphosis of floor ranges will influence sign very much even with the Make of router. in case you won't be able to pass closer the two way then a sign repeater is easy to place in. attempt changing channels first although on your computing device and router to work out if any progression could nicely be made.

Move the router closer to the computer receiver. We have the same problem. It is the only way to fix it. You can only boost a signal so much, before it gets distorted, and boosting the signal makes it easier for "others" to get onto your network. The physical distance is the problem.

try an external signal repeater. Use two stacked low-gain antennae and wire it to exponentially increase the amplitude of any signal passing through it and output it to one of the antennae.

Output signal is higher than ambient noise.

sometimes putting foil on the antenna works, otherwise get a signal booster