Wireless connection?

Question

Hey guys firstly thanks for reading, i have a wireless adsl router Netgear 108Mbps DG834GT it works great however on the third floor the signal is not so strong so connections drop every now and again, is there anyway to boost the signal, with out having to wire up two new access points, cheers guys and girls

Also i have tried the netgear RangeMAx DG34PN exactley the same results.

Answer 1

Try messing with the direction of the the antenna(s). Mine has 2 and I found out that if I point one vertical and one horizontal, it works the best.

Answer 2

Walls/ceilings/floors can cause a single to loose between 5 - 90 feet of range. Keep in mind that a 1.5 foot thich wall appears about 3 feet with a 45 degree signal angle. That size increases as the angle decreases. Floors are usually at least a foot thick and if it's a concrete floor...

You can try to get a different antenna. I "boosted" my signal so that I can get it about five houses away down the street by adding a 7dBi antenna to the access point. The antenna connects directly to the AP (dlink) and I didn't use the little base that came with it as the signal loss through the cable was too much.

Answer 3

On your router, go to the setup (http://192.168.0.1 enter login and password) and find "Advanced", then "Wireless Settings".

There you will see a "Enable eXtended Range(XR) Feature", click on that, and on "Apply", then go back to "Setup" and "Wireless Settings", there under "Wireless Network" set it to Mode: Auto 108 Mbps and "Apply".

All that will set your router to maximum transmitted power on channel 6 using best capabilities of 108 Mbps with extended range.

If that doesn't help, you can try an external antenna on both sides, those antennas are expensive though. - Best of all? Stay away from wireless, if you can, run a cable directly from one router to the other, that never fails, and you'll get always the maximum speed.

I hope this helped somehow.