Neal, Thanks for your insight. No cast iron in the walls but a 6 ft section in the cellar.
Some of the wiring in the ceiling is old bx but most is romex. I think I will try Lee or Nora's suggetion. Sunday, January 22, 20125:15 PMNeal [email protected] >Harry: > >As an old retired architect, I would guess that your big problem is not >the brick separation wall at all, but something metal in your house, >such as cast iron vent and sewer pipes, and possibly even electrical >cables and such. I am sorry to say that such items frequently block >electrical signals, and relocation is not often very practical. > >Neal Hammon > >On Jan 22, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >I live in a 3 story victorian era home. > >The front part of the house is separated from the back part by an 18" >thick brick wall (of course there are doors between the front and back >sections. > >There are only 2 rooms on the third floor both over the front part of >the house. > >My internet connection (Bellsouth DSL connected to a Cisco/Linksys >wireless routher) comes in to the house in the front room on the second floor. > >I receive a good signal (3 bars) in the front rooms on the 1st, 2nd, and >3rd floors. The 3rd floor has only two rooms. I receive an ok signal (2 >bars) in the back room on the 3rd floor and a good signal in the 2nd >floor room immediately behind the front room. > >For the back part of the house it's a different story. > >In the two back rooms on the second floor I receive an ok signal and in >the 2nd room on the 1st floor I get an ok signal but in the other two >rooms (the ones on the other side of the 18" brick wall) on the 1st >floor I don't get any wireless signal at all. > >Is there anything I can do to get a wireless signal to the back of my >house to improve the signal I receive on the first floor and to get the >signal to the back two rooms and deck on the first floor? > > >Thanks. >Harry Jacobson-Beyer > >_______________________________________________ >MacGroup mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
