TweetI have the same problem except with a desktop not a laptop. I bought the Cantanna off of ebay with a very small gain. I've got a cut sheet at work on an antenna with claims a 14 dB gain. I can send a link tomorrow. Thinking about another wireless router at the other end of the house.

TweetI hear Belkin isn't a good make, I have a Linksys router and I have a 3000 square foot home and can take my laptops anywhere in the house with an 'excellent' to very good' signal. Or you can get just get another router closer to where you work.

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Originally Posted by wolfyEVH

belkin is garbage. Here is what you need. Trust me:

https://www.amazon.com/Netgear-WGXB10.../dp/B0002ZH71S

you just plug it in the wall in between your router and your pc and viola, you've extended the range. Get all netgear stuff though. I have belkin currently and its complete garbage. just too lazy to change it

Well I went ahead and got a (supposedly) high range usb antenna. I did see that on Ebay though Wolfy and thought about it. I will send this antenna back if it does not do the trick and go with that and a netgear router.

Its funny though, because once I step in the doorway of the room my laptop sits in with it it says it has a "very high" signal. So maybe this antenna will do the trick for me. Dunno..

Thanks

TweetNetgear all the way. Any solid surface will wear or disrupt a signal, the more dense (concrete, metal, etc) the more affect it will have on your wireless signal. I have not tried the antennas so I cannot give any advice from that standpoint. Also, unless I read this thread wrong, you have your PC plugged into the wall and then your router plugged into your PC? swap that.

Tweeti had the same issue ? do you have you wireless phone near it ?
my wireless phone was setup near it and messed up signal big time..

another option is get linksys router and sell signal boosters that plug into any outlet in the house and boost your signal