Thread: My wireless router sucks !!

It's a Linksys - Wireless-G Broadband Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Linksys+...&skuId=9602713

I hardly have any range with this POS. I need to do something before the football season starts. I ussually use my laptop about 50 feet from the router and it only has to go through two walls. The walls are just sheetrock and insulation. If I go into the kitchen which is about 20 feet closer to the router, I have great signal strength but move the same 20 feet back and can't even connect.

Anyone have any good ideas or suggestions??

Originally Posted by turftoad

It's a Cisco-Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router.

I hardly have any range with this POS. I need to do something before the football season starts. I ussually use my laptop about 50 feet from the router and it only has to go through two walls. The walls are just sheetrock and insulation. If I go into the kitchen which is about 20 feet closer to the router, I have great signal strength but move the same 20 feet back and can't even connect.

Anyone have any good ideas or suggestions??

I use a powerline adapter for rooms in my house that don't get a good wireless signal. Kind of costly, but worth it.

quit bitching and be happy with what you have. Alot of people have it worse

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

I use a powerline adapter for rooms in my house that don't get a good wireless signal. Kind of costly, but worth it.

I don't care what it cost's Joe. Fill me in. I'm sick and tired of not being able to connect.

Do a google search for powerline adapter. They basically use the electrical wiring in your home to create a "wired" network. It is not as fast as a direct connection to a modem, but it is reliable and typically faster than wireless. Around $75-100 to purchase. Places like Best Buy usually carry them.

Either install tomato on your current router:

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Or buy one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833314065

Do you have an external antennae on your router? If so, hit up radio shack and get a higher gain antennae. They also sell ones that are somewhat directional that will wind up boating the signal in a certain direction.

Originally Posted by Thnikkaman

Either install tomato on your current router:

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Or buy one of these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833314065

Originally Posted by Davii

Do you have an external antennae on your router? If so, hit up radio shack and get a higher gain antennae. They also sell ones that are somewhat directional that will wind up boating the signal in a certain direction.

I tried both of those options - spent a lot of time and $$ trying to get a better signal to certain rooms in my house. After going the powerline route, I've NEVER looked back.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Do a google search for powerline adapter. They basically use the electrical wiring in your home to create a "wired" network. It is not as fast as a direct connection to a modem, but it is reliable and typically faster than wireless. Around $75-100 to purchase. Places like Best Buy usually carry them.

Sounds good but I don't see why I can't just get a better wireless router with more range or an extender of something. Would be alot easier.

Originally Posted by turftoad

Sounds good but I don't see why I can't just get a better wireless router with more range or an extender of something. Would be alot easier.

Easier than plugging two things into an outlet?

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Easier than plugging two things into an outlet?

I don't understand Joe.

You buy them in a pair. Plug one into an outlet near your router, and use a Cat-5 from it to the router. Plug the other one into an outlet near where your laptop is, and Cat-5 it to your laptop.

Done.

http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CE8Q8gIwAg

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

You buy them in a pair. Plug one into an outlet near your router, and use a Cat-5 from it to the router. Plug the other one into an outlet near where your laptop is, and Cat-5 it to your laptop.

Done.

http://www.google.com/products/catal...ed=0CE8Q8gIwAg

This sounds good. I'm going to look into it a little further. Thanks, Joe.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

I tried both of those options - spent a lot of time and $$ trying to get a better signal to certain rooms in my house. After going the powerline route, I've NEVER looked back.

I own the router I linked and I have great range all over my house and out into my yard. And it would really be cheaper to run Cat-5 in your house than buying a power network adapter (for me at least since I know how to run Cat-5).

However for someone who doesn't know how to run cat-5 the power adapter should be fine, however I worry about line noise and how long the adapter runs filtering out the 120v AC out of the network signal.

I have D-Link: DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router. It is very powerful and very happy with it.

You can check this out. http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=530