krkb@hotmail.com (Kirk) wrote in message news:<8506dbd5.0312290114.21ab84f5@posting.google.com>...
> Anyone know the best method for setting up a wireless router to
> achieve the best possible range? In fact, I'm not that picky, i just
> want the bloomin' thing to reach downstairs!
>
> I have a Netgear DG834G 802.11g Wireless DSL Firewall router that just
> doesn't want to give me a signal on my laptop. It is setup in my
> bedroom which is upstairs, but won't reach downstairs.
>
> Can anyone please give me some pointers to get the most out of this
> thing. It's not as if i live in a castle or anything, so according to
> the router it should reach.
>
> If anyone has a solution that will get me a signal downstairs then I
> would appreciate that tremendously.
>
> Kirk


Hope full this router should work for that much distance .
What i suggest you is , just reset the router once ,if it not helping
you just do Hard reboot and confiure it from scratch .if still problem
is not solved then . ugrgade the firmware. and re-configure it .if
still problem presist buy new routers like Belkin who has life time
warranty on it

> Hope full this router should work for that much distance .
> What i suggest you is , just reset the router once ,if it not helping
> you just do Hard reboot and confiure it from scratch .if still problem
> is not solved then . ugrgade the firmware. and re-configure it .if
> still problem presist buy new routers like Belkin who has life time
> warranty on it

Thanks for the suggestions Naveen, but the router is brand new and has
the latest firmware. I've reset it and reconfigured it but to no
avail. I'm not really prepared to buy another router as this one has
cost over £120.

I'm aware that there are guidlines for where to place the router, but
I'm unclear of what they are. Does anyone out there have a clue?

Can anyone else suggest something?

krkb@hotmail.com (Kirk) wrote in message news:<8506dbd5.0401050438.37b90c28@posting.google.com>...
> > Hope full this router should work for that much distance .
> > What i suggest you is , just reset the router once ,if it not helping
> > you just do Hard reboot and confiure it from scratch .if still problem
> > is not solved then . ugrgade the firmware. and re-configure it .if
> > still problem presist buy new routers like Belkin who has life time
> > warranty on it
>
> Thanks for the suggestions Naveen, but the router is brand new and has
> the latest firmware. I've reset it and reconfigured it but to no
> avail. I'm not really prepared to buy another router as this one has
> cost over £120.
>
> I'm aware that there are guidlines for where to place the router, but
> I'm unclear of what they are. Does anyone out there have a clue?
>
> Can anyone else suggest something?

RF is very finicky. Different routers will give different distances.
Encryption will reduce the distance. The only real thing you can do
is get the router closer. You could add in an Access Point but you
would need to hardwire the access point to the router. They just came
out with wireless repeaters so that is another solution. Here are
some pointers from dlink but they apply to all wireless devices:

http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.as...ral%20Wireless