I kept all the firmware up-to-date. What I primarily found is that Linksys
routers do not seem to have a strong signal. That's why I added the signal
booster first and then the high gain directional antennae. I was finally
able to get a low to very low signal to the furthest required point in the
house (about 60 feet & 4 interior walls). I even tried turning off all the
electricity in the house except as needed for the computers and unplugging
all the appliances in the house to limit any interference. It made no
difference. And I tried various adapters with variable but minor
improvements. In my case, it finally came down to the Linksys routers being
the weak links.

If possible, perhaps you can borrow a different router for a trial period. I
hope you solve this challenge at less expense than my learning process.

Good luck
Tom Mayer


----- Original Message -----
From: "D Duncan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Dsl Wireless [was [PCBUILD] Cable internet access and
home network conflict]


At 20:00 9/8/2005, Tom wrote:
>I had a total Linksys system including wireless router, signal booster and
>high gain directional antennae as well as adapters. The Linksys router
>stopped working on wireless after about a year and the second router did
>the
>same after about six months. I always had problems trying to maintain a
>consistent signal. It would range from very low to very good within minutes
>throughout the house without any apparent reason. After the last one gave
>up, I replaced the router, signal booster and directional antennae with a
>cheap Belkin router figuring that it would be disposable like the Linksys
>routers.

Did you upgrade any firmware?  On the Linksys site, there are quite a
few of them.  Man, I hate to think that the first order of business
is for them to replace all the equipment.

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