Or, maybe you can get a high gain antenna to help some (the Circuit City in my town sells one for the Linksys routers), but the repeater is probably your best bet. I suffer from the same problem, and my wireless router isn't all that far away, just on the other side of the house.
You could also buy a Cantenna, or even build your own if you search around the web.
http://www.cantenna.com
Hope this helps,
-Terry
Hi, I've got a Linksys wireless router/access point that works well except when I'm in my family room which is across the house & in the basement. Signal strength there sucks. Is there anything I can do or buy (short of replacing the router) that can boost the signal (a repeater of some sort maybe)? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
P.S. - I love Veronica.

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