I’ve got a Linksys WRT54G wireless router/firewall/NAT box/gateway/dishwasher at home that needs a little more “oomph” in getting out to the rest of the house.
Even though it’s only about 40 feet from the router to the living room couch, reception on said couch varies between very low to none. Moving the router’s not a good choice - the only way to get it much closer would involve about 300 feet of Cat5 cable and running a new power circuit, or shelling out for wireless LAN cards for two desktop PCs and 100 feet of Cat5 and the new power circuit.
Linksys is surprisingly mum on the subject - the standard line is reception varies from location to location based on unique factors, blah, blah… Presently, they don’t have a wireless-G repeater, like they do for original “B” While looking for something unrelated, I came across “range-extender” antennas at Radio Shack. For $30, I can get a pair of high-gain antennas (They say most routers have 2.2 dBi gain antennas, and these are 5.5 dBi) They also say they’re designed for Linksys. Has anyone experienced these yet? Are they worth the price?