peter

Its a linksys. - peter

That's exactly what I did. Replaced our Linksys 802.11n with an AirPort Extreme Base Station with AirPort Express upstairs to extend the range. - Akiva Moskovitz

AirPort Express can extend an existing network and is fairly cheap I think - Bret Taylor from iPhone

$99, I do believe. I'm glad I replaced our Linksys with an Extreme, though. I'll take Apple's AirPort Utility over Linksys' rubbish HTML interface. - Akiva Moskovitz

The Express also makes a great travel accessory. Not only does it give you hotel room wifi for multiple people, but it also charges usb devices. - Cristo

I have to buy more Apple stuff to solve this problem? I was hoping to build my own repeater using foil, a TV antenna and some coils. - peter

Linksys and others make repeaters. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

You can get antennas that extend the range in all directions or directionally. - Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)

You might want an Airport Express anyway. We got one, not to extend the range of our wireless (we use a Linksys router), but to be able to play music from our laptops/ipods/iphones through our speakers. It works really well, certainly makes doing dishes more entertaining. - Benjamin Golub

Of course, if you want a really kickass music system, you need Sonos instead, and then install the speakers directly in the ceiling. (I'm hoping to have Peter convinced he needs a new house by the end of this thread ;) - Cristo

You might check to see if your router can run DD-WRT (http://www.dd-wrt.com) I think on some boxes you can crank the signal power up past the out of box settings. - Ken Sheppardson

You need antenna (yagi, etc.) -- your laptop has to be able to SEND from far away as well as receive. Higher power hacks only affect the signal sent out from your router. You can use a pair of high-power routers to make a bridge, but for an access point, you need a better antenna, so the AP can "hear" your laptop more clearly. - Michael Herf