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AaronM · 08-27-2005, 10:58 PM

I currently have Linksys products. My first floor has metal studs and so forth. That happens to be where my home office is and the incoming connection.

Because of the metal studs, the signal is weak on the second floor and non-existent on the 3rd. I bought an antenna booster for the wireless router then added a Wireless Access Point box on the second floor. I set the WAP to act as a repeater and put it at the top of the stairs in line of sight to the router downstairs.

The WAP has a strong signal but when I connect to it, it performs like shit and loses the connection. I'm about 12 feet away from it.

I can connect to the main router downstairs and maintain a better connection than I can with the WAP. It makes no fucking sense.

Out on the 2nd floor balcony I can not connect to the router at all and the WAP acts pretty much the same as it does when I am in the living room.

I've spent a lot of time with tech support on these issues and they are useless as usual.

So......I'm thinking that I need another brand of wireless router. Something stronger? What kind of equipment do Starbucks, airports, and all the others use that allow them to transmit such clean signals?

One minute I'm connected at 54kbps and the next I'm down to 1kbps without moving anything.

Any suggestions?

FYI, I already tried format c:

08-27-2005, 10:58 PM
AaronM Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ┌∩┐ ◣_◢ ┌∩┐ Posts: 46,909	Help a nigga out. Wireless network. I currently have Linksys products. My first floor has metal studs and so forth. That happens to be where my home office is and the incoming connection. Because of the metal studs, the signal is weak on the second floor and non-existent on the 3rd. I bought an antenna booster for the wireless router then added a Wireless Access Point box on the second floor. I set the WAP to act as a repeater and put it at the top of the stairs in line of sight to the router downstairs. The WAP has a strong signal but when I connect to it, it performs like shit and loses the connection. I'm about 12 feet away from it. I can connect to the main router downstairs and maintain a better connection than I can with the WAP. It makes no fucking sense. Out on the 2nd floor balcony I can not connect to the router at all and the WAP acts pretty much the same as it does when I am in the living room. I've spent a lot of time with tech support on these issues and they are useless as usual. So......I'm thinking that I need another brand of wireless router. Something stronger? What kind of equipment do Starbucks, airports, and all the others use that allow them to transmit such clean signals? One minute I'm connected at 54kbps and the next I'm down to 1kbps without moving anything. Any suggestions? FYI, I already tried format c: