Question on wireless router

freakass SG · 2006-04-06T17:14:25+00:00

another way is to use a single mode (802.11g only or 802.11b only). yet another way is not to situate the router near huge metal objects like metal cupboard...

freakass SG

Hi guys, I just bought a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. As my house is quite big and my bedroom is quite far away from the router, my notebook can't pick up the wireless signal from the router. (My bedroom and the router are on the same level)

Does anyone know if I can buy anything to extend the range of the wireless signal? Or is there something that can act as a relay to further extend the signal? Thanks a lot! =)

freakass SG

I cannot shift the wireless router anywhere else becasue my dad wants it in the study room…

chris_ronaldo SG

There is something on the market call "repeater" (if i'm not mistaken) it can boost up the signal, maybe you can put 1 somewhere in between your bedroom and the place where you put your wireless router.

hope it helps. Cool

sweetevil SG

How far is your bedroom away from the study room? Shocked

sohguanh SG

How far is your bedroom away from the study room?

Good question. So rich ppl should advise them pay money for advice in here rite? Mr. Green

BrUtUs SG

like wat was said, get the wireless repeater or jz get a long ethernet cable to connect to ur room.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Move the router nearer to your room or just put in your room. If they need it, you bring out to them. Find it troublesome, go buy repeater.

photo_seeker SG

If you’re rich, get a repeater.

Xcert SG

repeater...booster...

what kind of a house U stay?

LancerVII SG

Use a repeater or move yur router closer to the computers in yur house.. it might help..

yongyong SG

Put it higher.
* like 1 to 2 meters from the ground... i mean floor.. *

freakass SG

Thanks guys for your help! Think I'll go sim lim and check out the price of a repeater...

Anyway, I live in a normal terrace house. Just that the wireless router is in a room that's about 20m away from my room. Not very far, but the signal has to travel through 6 walls... That's the problem I think....

kaoya SG

yupz.. it's e walls..
normally e signals can go about a few hundred metres (if i remember correctly?)
but juz passing thru 1 wall, cuts e signal strength by 50% oredi
0.5^6 Cool

hehe.. an interesting thing is tt in exhibition halls,
got a lot companies n a lot wireless
e signals interfere wif each other
then e companies try 2 get stronger sets
so tt they signal won't be "squeezed out" Cool

digicharat SG

so rich ar?
just ask your dad to install a cable point in your room lor. Laughing

freakass SG

Oh… in my house, there are cable points in every place…. in all the rooms, the kitchen, the living room, the storeroom, as well as the toilets….. but i cant use these cable points because each and every one of them is connected to a plasma TV…. yes, i have plasma TVs in the toilets too….

nullifi3d SG

then you will have no problem affording more than one wireless repeaters.

Xcert SG

Shocked

I thought there are cable splitters available?

photo_seeker SG

Wonder if he's trying to show off. A plasma in the toilet will sure get electric shock every day. Anyway, if you're sincerely finding an option, go get a new router and Cable Point splitter and attach them.

ditzy SG

If you're rich, buy a small flat and put the router right next to your comp. Laughing

SexyChin SG

You sure or not, 50%. My one still getting signal even two floors down. I can walk from one end of the house to the other end of the house with 4 bars out of 5.