Signal Strength

I am on a Toshiba Satellite laptop with a Motorolla modem and a Microsoft
router. Until recently moving into a new home, everything was fine, and
running on "Excellent" signal strength. In the new place, I am almost always
on "Low" signal strength, and sometimes get booted offline. The router is in
another room than the computer, but is only about 15 feet away. I have to be
nearly on top of it to get better strength. My service provider says that it
could be physically blocked or there could be static... How can I increase
the signal strength so I don't get booted off? Could there be external
factors? Help!!! Thanks.

Try swapping channels first on your router...most people leave it on the
default channel and you end up with a lot of interference.


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> On 27-Oct-2006, =?Utf-8?B?Q2FybHk=?= <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>> How can I increase
>> the signal strength so I don't get booted off? Could there be external
>> factors?
>
> If it's a USB wireless adapter you can add a simple reflector, it
> increases
> signal strength and reduces the angle of aceptance, so reducing
> the chances of picking up interfering signals from directions
> that are not in the line of site path.
> NetStumbler is good for seeing what's around you that might be
> interfering,
> what channels they are using, signal strength, SSID, whether secured etc.
> Some adapters are not supported by NetStumbler.