Allegedly, on or about 20 August 2016, Erik P. Olsen sent: > I have a linksys router model WRT160NL but the range is too short. I > experience many situations where the connection is dropped when the > distance from the router is more than 25 feet. What is the recommended > router when it comes to signal strength? I would prefer one which can > be flashed with dd-wrt.
Has it always been that bad? On my (admittedly different) router, I get around 25 metres through brick walls and a room with foil-lined heat-insulation in the walls. If the problem is not actually the router, such as proximity to neighbours routers in an apartment block, channel congestion by other routers, having to go through several walls, then changing your router *may* not offer any improvement. I'd look into your router configuration, check that the power level isn't turned down, try another channel, and try some slight repositioning of equipment (put the router higher, shift it around a few inches), un-screw and re-screw any antennas (just in case there's a grotty connection). And speaking of antennas, generally speaking they should point upwards, like a pen aimed at the sky. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages posted to the mailing list. - Mwuu haha haaaaa haaaa, soon the world will be mine! - Sir, you've got to take your finger off the intercom button. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
