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Perfect wireless network?
I have an old Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n router, which I got when the n standard first came out. I have been more and more disappointed with my connection. I want a perfect 5 bars throughout my house. What do I need to do to make this happen? My friend says I should get a new "dual-band" router. What is the best equipment I can buy, for under $300. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
How big is your house, and what materials are your home made of? If you want "the perfect connection" you may need to add one or two more access points to cover your entire property.
Materials like concrete, steel, etc are not wireless friendly.
If you have intermediate experience with computer networking you can get a linksys wrt54gs model router and flash it dd-wrt software which lets you increase the power of the wireless signal (and other cool things but this is best option pertaining to you).
Also, your router may be situated in the corner of your home or basement. It may be as simple moving your router to a more central location in the home and re-routing the incoming internet line with it.
Source(s): Network tech - Anonymous1 decade ago
Wireless N will give you faster speeds, but it doesn't improve signal strength. If you want full bars you need to either get a powerful external antenna or use DD-WRT
A lot of people say to get Wireless N, but getting a crappy N router doesn't help much. A really good Wireless-G router will constantly outperform cheap, flimsy Wireless N ones.
The absolute best performance for a reasonable price is to get this router: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BTL0OA?ie=UTF... and then upgrade it's firmware to DD-WRT using this guide: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
