Boosting a wireless signal..

Hi..I ahve a lyksys wireless router which works great just as long as the
wireless devices are no more than 15 feet away, but because of walls and
other structures, I need to find a way of boosting the signal.

Is there anything I can do to increase the gain or strength of the signal so
i can get more functionality out of being wireless?
I use a centrino laptop that works just fine, but anything more than 15 ft
away from the router cauuses the signal to drop.

I did try a belkin wireless access point , but belkin say that will onloy
work with a belkin compatible wireless router.

Are there any signal boosting devices out there that are available??

Thanks in advance!!!
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First suggestion is getting something like Net Stumbler and seeing what
networks are around in your neighborhood. If there's a large number of
them on the same channel then simply go in and change the channel of
your router, this might help since there won't be the interference from
other networks.

Additionally, once you've done this you might consider something like
Sveasoft's alternate firmware which allows you to modify the power
settings of the Linksys WRT54G (I'm guessing this is what you have even
though you apparently don't know how to spell Linksys...).

Last but not least you can get a range expander made by D-Link or
Hawking Technology -- I would suggest against the Linksys Range Expander
since it's proprietary and cannot be used with any other wireless access
point.

-gg-

 

Take your pick http://search.ebay.com/wireless-antenna_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

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Besides the other advice about channels, you should be able to find on
www.google.com many aerial projects.

I think it was this months UK, Custom PC that had a small project to
(tru http://www.custompc.co.uk/ in case it's online) build a reflector
plate for a wireless router. It was a (approx) hand sized metal mesh
sheet curved over a small former to make the arc shape and it simply
slid over the aerial.

www.google.com
you will find things like

http://www.connect802.com/antennas.htm

and in less than 10 seconds
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/
just what I described above.

See how easy Google cam be.

Me