What is your wireless setup at the moment, where is the router in relation to the wireless computers?
If you want to increase the signal because of distance between the computer and router, why not just put a phone line extension in and move the router nearer to where you work on your computers?
dave
Hi, we have an attic conversion and you know what its like, several steel beams and some foil backed plasterboard. I don't know if the attic construction is a problem but we get a very weak signal 2 floors down and lose it altogether quite often. The reason I want the router in the attic is because that is where I have a study/office and the main PC that is plugged in to the router.
I find this much better as the plugged in PC performs much better than the wireless laptop even when its a bit nearer and I need it to be fast on the net for what I do really.
Also I find it easy when I have a connection problem, to be able to actually see the lights on the router, whether it be a dropped connection or server problems. I think this would be much more awkward if I had to run down to check the lights etc especially when you get one of those really awkward connection days, where you have to keep trying.
I do a lot of work in the attic so I feel it is more important to have a good connection there, whereas when me or the family use the laptop downstairs it is mostly recreational as opposed to work.
Plus I feel it makes sense to have out the way in a office instead of in for example the lounge, preferably.
It is for these reasons I would rather boost my power of my router, given a choice.
