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Julian, How low is the Router? - I've tended to find when you get problems like this if you push the Router up higher it gives a wider reception area (try and see if you can get it on top of your wardrobe). Regards, Dave. -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julian Hall Sent: 18 June 2009 18:19 To: DC LUG Subject: [LUG] Advice on wireless strength Hi All, I've uploaded a (rough) plan of my house with the placement of the router shown to my webspace: http://www.kaotic.co.uk/house_layout.jpg Essentially I live in a brick-built dormer bungalow with cavity wall insulation in the outer walls. I'm in a wheelchair so my bedroom is downstairs next to my bathroom at the front of the house. The problem is that in my bedroom (surprise!) I get excellent signal strength. However by the time I take my laptop out the back garden (outside the conservatory roughly 30-40 feet or so in a straight line) I get very weak strength to the point the laptop can't resolve an IP off the router's DHCP server. Previously I had a laptop with a Netgear PCMCIA card which worked very well with a Netgear FWG114P router at the same distance - obvious really as they were the same manufacturer. The current hardware is an Edimax BR6215SRg router and both laptops in use have built-in wireless cards. The wall the router is shown against has a wardrobe, and I'm wondering if an external aerial on top of the wardrobe would extend the range enough to give me a decent signal. Any advice gratefully received :) Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html