Hi all,
I am hooking up a wireless network mainly for internet surfing and I think I am going to have range issues.
I bought the linksys 54GS router, 54GS PCI card and the USB G adapter. I have the router in the middle of the house and I am trying to link to a PC downstairs(basement) and one upstairs. The house is huge ... basement walls are 14+ft and the second floor is 20+ft up. I hooked the router up to the cable modem on the main floor(middle) and first used the USB adaptor on the PC dowstairs. The link was very weak and internet was slow. I then swapped the USB adaptor for the PCI card with speedbooster and seems like a little boost but the signal is still very weak.
I have not got to the upstairs yet.
I have read about the Linksys booster, the linksys upgrade antennas, firmware hacks, setting up a repeater, using an AP or router as an AP, etc.
All of these appear to be possible solutions but can anyone tell me what the easiest and best options would be. The network will be used by people that no nothing about PC's so it has to be stable and something that does not break the bank. I wish the cat5 cable was ran the right way but the whole house was daisy chained so using hard lines is not an option.
Any ideas...
Thanks
I am hooking up a wireless network mainly for internet surfing and I think I am going to have range issues.
I bought the linksys 54GS router, 54GS PCI card and the USB G adapter. I have the router in the middle of the house and I am trying to link to a PC downstairs(basement) and one upstairs. The house is huge ... basement walls are 14+ft and the second floor is 20+ft up. I hooked the router up to the cable modem on the main floor(middle) and first used the USB adaptor on the PC dowstairs. The link was very weak and internet was slow. I then swapped the USB adaptor for the PCI card with speedbooster and seems like a little boost but the signal is still very weak.
I have not got to the upstairs yet.
I have read about the Linksys booster, the linksys upgrade antennas, firmware hacks, setting up a repeater, using an AP or router as an AP, etc.
All of these appear to be possible solutions but can anyone tell me what the easiest and best options would be. The network will be used by people that no nothing about PC's so it has to be stable and something that does not break the bank. I wish the cat5 cable was ran the right way but the whole house was daisy chained so using hard lines is not an option.
Any ideas...
Thanks
