Wireless Routers

waylonnOurs is 3 stories and could reach all computers, but the computers on the third one had a 'very weak' connection status.

My house is 2 stories and I have low signal as well, I give up trying to connect to the internet from upstairs.

LoonylionAll wireless suffers from that.

Wireless-N is significantly less apparent.

i shall say: a sweex LW050v2

"The G-router is more stable. If you have a small house i suggest a G-Router. If your house is like 2 stories and you have wirelesss connections everywhere get the N."Complete and utter BS (personally).
Literally, when you enter my house, you've seen almost the whole interior.
Yet my G disconnects at least 5 times a day.Plus, my download speed is crap. I don't have the patience for torrents due to this.

switch it to a different channel then.

Yeah, but I'm not sure if it's my ISP (AT&T) or something.
My dad has been procrastinating on getting another ISP, but since our cells are all under AT&T, I'd doubt it... >=/

if the actual wireless connection drops it's nothing to do with the ISP, it's probably interference on the wireless channel.

i was planning to buy a wireless router, and the sales rep told me to buy a N router rather than a G cause of the walls in our house.but if i buy an N-router will the "wall" problems disappear? and will it cover a 2 story, 100+ meter long house? from point to point?

it won't disappear, no. N uses technology that reduces signal loss through walls (in other words it transmits a stronger signal to start with). The problem still exists, N just mitigates it somewhat. I can't tell you what coverage you'd get, it depends how many walls, how thick they are and what they are made of, but a typical 100mw wireless g router will cover a 150m radius in an open field. In my parent's two story 4-bedroom house our wireless AP (802.11a/b/g) is upstairs near one corner of the house and easily covers the entire house.

is there a device like a connector to extend the router's signal? like for example the router covers 150meters then from that 150, i will place the device to extend to another 150 meters? like detours for the signal to avoid the walls?

You'd need another router, or a boosted aerial on the router. Some routers have a 'range extender' mode where it does exactly what you want, i.e sits on an existing wireless network and extends the signal coverage.EDIT: seems wireless range extenders do exist, but in many cases another router would probably be cheaper if you can find one that does it.

ah, i thought it was like the amazing race, where there are different devices to detour the signal.thanks!

Loonylion, (all) your posts are very informative, thank you!

Miminari · #24"The G-router is more stable. If you have a small house i suggest a G-Router. If your house is like 2 stories and you have wirelesss connections everywhere get the N."Complete and utter BS (personally).
Literally, when you enter my house, you've seen almost the whole interior.
Yet my G disconnects at least 5 times a day.Plus, my download speed is crap. I don't have the patience for torrents due to this.

I'm sorry you have that problem. Could be the router. It's BS because you had a bad experience with it. My downloads is fine even on my laptop which is usually 3 rooms from the router and walls. Around 300 kb torrents with significant seeds and leeches. It might even be your torrent choice.

it could be a crap router, but it's most likely they're using a congested channel with a lot of noise and it's interfering with the signal.