whats the best wireless router for range

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ok help is needed and a big thank you to anyone who tries ..   now heres my problem ( spellings bad to )   ive just got me mum a dell laittued c600 p3 750mhg 128 ram 20 gig so shes happy . now i want to put in on the net and it has to wireless . now the houses i live in is made off nice very thick brick and i just bourght a linksys wrt54gs router and matching card . questtion 1 is that good choice or bad . now the router is now 15' away from laptop and theres hardley any signal 7% it said and if i take it down staris its even worses well in a word its dead witch is about 35' away 1% now my second question is what can i do i dont want to put up aerials and that kinda stuff so is there a nice power full router witch will do me .. the type witch will reach mars the moon or 50' would do . my internet connection is lan 1500 download  256 upload speed .   all the best   phil

donny622 · Answer

sorry i forgot . i have 2 to pc wired to the router .. one is upstairs and one it down but in diffrent rooms where the laptop is to be used .. phil

hrova · Answer

I have a Linksys WRT54g and the range is well beyond 35 feet. I had the router upstairs in our last house, and was able to go over 50 feet away out side (through walls and such) and still be connected. Either your router on configuration may be bad. Also, make sure you update the router's firmware.... And, the router should not be near other electronic devices, such as cordless phones.   EDIT: Our house is wood frame, not brick, so I'm sure that is a factor for you.... Don't know how to help you there. Message Edited by hrova on 01-12-2005 05:28 PM

biscuitz · Answer

Actually that model looks pretty good:smileyvery-happy:.  That's what I would consider to be above standard.  Well getting a better router will certainly be more expensive but probably won't be more satisfying.  Here's some suggestions:   There's these things called Wall-Plugged Wireless Range Extenders (Netgear).  They look like plugs and basically it brings a better connection to the room that you plug it in.  Also you can get an Antenna Wireless Range Extender (Linksys), which is an antenna you plug into your router and it will boost the signal strength.  You can also tweak settings on your router for better performance.  Another problem may be the kind of card you have.  Or it could be some settings for your devices as well.  I'm a Netgear user so I don't have any experience with Linksys wireless.  You can check out this Linsys site which shows some antennas if you really plan on buying. It would be cheaper if you could change some settings to make the signal quality better. Asking tech support for help would be the best idea.

donny622 · Answer

hi

thax for your time ..

ive tryed the firmware update and tryed the settings and played about . the tryed the phone calls to no avail still no signal or a very bad one .. now ive been reading up on this and it seems like brick houses are not much good for a wireless network unless you can have extra stations to bost the signal but i can not have them ( huh ) .. now the only thing is ill have to wait a while as it seems that there are going to be more powerfull systems in the near fuchtrer (? sorry bad spelling ) so ill have to wait till them .

thax once again for your help

phil

jwatt · Answer

phil, Here are a couple of other possibilities... Power Line Networking Phone Line Networking Either of those could be combined with strategically placed wireless access points. Jim

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