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edit: this is longer than i was expecting, my bads.
i'm pretty comfortable with both windows and osx computers, however i'm kind of an idiot when it comes to wireless networks, so i apologize in advance
the problem i have is that i'm temporarily squatting with a family member. the cable internet modem is located at one end of the house, and my quarters are located at the exact opposite end, upstairs. if you drew a straight line from my laptop/xbox/etc to the router, there is one floor and 7 walls in between my devices and the router.
my previous setup was an older linksys g router, then i had an older linksys g range expander mounted on the second floor, between myself on the router. this worked, however the speed took a huge dive over that distance. if i was near the router, i was getting about 18mbps throughput, however in my quarters it was down to less than 2mbps throughput. if i hardwired my laptop into the router, i was getting around 40mbps. i'm not good at math, but that seems like about a 95% loss in speed between the modem and my laptop.
my new setup is a d-link n router (DIR-825 for those familiar with it). i have been unable to have the linksys g range expander work with this, and quite frankly, i'm unsure if i want it to, that's why i'm here. with the new d-link n router, i am getting about the same 2mbps in my room, which needless to say, i'm not exactly drooling over.
fwiw, the only reason i upgraded to the n was that i was hoping to get better range and speed than my previous setup, but that didn't exactly happen.
what options do i have? is there any way to speed this up without running cat5 cables all over the attic and down through walls? i searched online and only found ONE n range expander from what seemed like a no-name company and it was nearly $100.
sorry for the wall of text. for those of you who didn't TL-DR, i'd appreciate ANY input thanks in advance for the brave.
i'm pretty comfortable with both windows and osx computers, however i'm kind of an idiot when it comes to wireless networks, so i apologize in advance
the problem i have is that i'm temporarily squatting with a family member. the cable internet modem is located at one end of the house, and my quarters are located at the exact opposite end, upstairs. if you drew a straight line from my laptop/xbox/etc to the router, there is one floor and 7 walls in between my devices and the router.
my previous setup was an older linksys g router, then i had an older linksys g range expander mounted on the second floor, between myself on the router. this worked, however the speed took a huge dive over that distance. if i was near the router, i was getting about 18mbps throughput, however in my quarters it was down to less than 2mbps throughput. if i hardwired my laptop into the router, i was getting around 40mbps. i'm not good at math, but that seems like about a 95% loss in speed between the modem and my laptop.
my new setup is a d-link n router (DIR-825 for those familiar with it). i have been unable to have the linksys g range expander work with this, and quite frankly, i'm unsure if i want it to, that's why i'm here. with the new d-link n router, i am getting about the same 2mbps in my room, which needless to say, i'm not exactly drooling over.
fwiw, the only reason i upgraded to the n was that i was hoping to get better range and speed than my previous setup, but that didn't exactly happen.
what options do i have? is there any way to speed this up without running cat5 cables all over the attic and down through walls? i searched online and only found ONE n range expander from what seemed like a no-name company and it was nearly $100.
sorry for the wall of text. for those of you who didn't TL-DR, i'd appreciate ANY input thanks in advance for the brave.