Signal quality at a PC is poor and unstable. I want to correct this.
I have just moved my router from downstairs at the back of the house to
upstairs at the front, leaving a PC downstairs at the back.
The PC used to get a good signal strength and speed when it was near the
router. After the move, the signal strength fluctuates from good to low
(and sometimes disappears altogether) and the transfer rate is rarely 54M,
usually 18M or 11 M sometimes only 1M.
Which is the best way of dealing with this so i get a strong and
consistent signal?
To the best of my knowledge I have the options of:
+ getting an extension lead for the antenna on the PC's wireless PCI card
and raising it higher
+ getting a high gain antenna for the router (but what dB strength?)
+ installing a Wireless Access Point
But I don't know which will work if any (is there anything else that is
better?)
I don't really want to install a WAP - the reason I installed wireless in
the first place was because I can't really install ethernet cables through
the house and WAP requires an ethernet connection to the router, right?
If it's important, my router is Linksys WRT 54G and the PCI card is D-Link
GWL-D520+
