[Gllug] wireless broadband routers .... insufficient range

[Andy Farnsworth]

Alain Williams wrote:

>Hi,
>
>my sister has a broadband wireless router; unfortunately she is not able to receive
>any signal from where she wants (inside a large victorian house). I have told her to
>lay in UTP -- which doesn't impress her.
>
>Do different types of router generate different 'strength' signals ? Ie might a different
>model help - if so how would you identify it ? I suspect that the answer is 'no' since the
>wifi card plugged into the laptop would also need to be more powerful.
>
>Any other suggestions ?
>
>TIA
>  
>
Yes, diffent models have different signal characteristics.  The best 
advice I can offer though is to run a single UTP line from the base 
router to a Wireless Access Point installed in such a way as to cover 
the rest of the house.  Few houses I know of will require more than two 
Wireless access points to cover it.  If it does, their rich and need to 
hire a full time network admin to handle these things for them :)

Andy
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