Wireless problems...

tr0nictr0nic
edited October 2004 in Science & Tech
Okay so I am new here but definately not new to the IT field.

I have a problem. I have a linksys wireless router in the addition to my house. Upstairs in my room, I have a very poor connection to it, 1mbps. Is there a way I can use my 2nd router as something like a repeater to take the signal from the one downstairs, and make it alot stronger for my upstairs usage?

Comments

  • OverLoadOverLoad
    edited October 2004
    If you got the router not to long ago I noticed that linksys was making them with the signal booster built in. Now if you have an older model I think you can buy a signal booster and attach it to your router.Signal Booster
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2004
    tr0nic wrote:
    Okay so I am new here but definately not new to the IT field.

    I have a problem. I have a linksys wireless router in the addition to my house. Upstairs in my room, I have a very poor connection to it, 1mbps. Is there a way I can use my 2nd router as something like a repeater to take the signal from the one downstairs, and make it alot stronger for my upstairs usage?


    Not that I know of unless you actually wire it in you can't hop the signal from one router to another accept by using a lan cable. But Overlord also speaks the truth you can get boosters and some of the newer linksys routers come boosted. But they are only on the linksys g's.
  • thesittingduck2thesittingduck2
    edited October 2004
    With boosters whatch out for signal interference
  • SSR_06SSR_06 Iowa
    edited October 2004
    if you have a detachable antenna just get a stronger antenna.
  • OverLoadOverLoad
    edited October 2004
    question-would'nt the signal be the problem not the antenna?
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    better intena = more strength to pick up signal
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