Thank you John, Neal & Lee for your input. I was leaning towards getting another Express (or two), but didn't know if I was over looking a cheaper solution. I think I'll also try moving the Extreme down from the upper shelf, maybe mounting on the wall. Thanks! Bill M. On Sep 23, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Profile wrote:
> Bill, > > I have had the exact same setup you are describing (other than I have > a Dr. Bott antenna) and have experienced the same difficulties. We > lived in an 800 sq. foot two story while our home was being built, > the Airport Extreme was on the second floor. I could point the > antenna various directions and really improve the reception, our > daughter lived across the street, the antenna was close to the window > so pointing toward her house allowed me to walk across the street, go > inside her home and get reception, yet I couldn't get any strength in > my own home if I went downstairs, just too many walls to go through, > two many obstructions. > > In the home we built the Airport Extreme is on the lower level, back > in the corner where all the utilities come into the home, the > demarcation point for electric, cable, DSL, phone, etc. I have > mounted the Airport Extreme about 7 feet off the floor, the antenna > beside it, and I can get NO reception anywhere other than the lower > level. To the rescue the Airport Expresses! I have another Airport > Express in the lower level, this helps with the other end of the > house, and I also have connected the Express to the Bose Theater > speakers so now I have remote music from any of the computers using > iTunes from the server. > > On the main floor I have two of the Airport express units, one in the > living room, hooked to a Bose Theater system, another Express located > a good distance from the first unit, this is hooked to a Bose speaker > system above the kitchen cabinets, so again remote music to any area > of the house. The third level has the say system repeated, so now > anywhere in the home, any room, any bath, closet, you name it I have > full strength of signal. > > Right now I am in Williamsburg, VA in a Hampton. This place was just > built, only 30 days old, the construction was made to withstand > hurricane force winds so they tell you when you register that you > will not receive wireless connection due to the construction methods, > only on the first floor near the lobby, and even though I am on the > second floor, right next to a window overlooking the lobby I only get > one bar, sometimes two, so I have to use ethernet. > > I imagine there are too many bends and objects in your home for the > signal to have a straight path, of course others may have a better > solution. > > John R. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060924/1fd09b1e/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting is September 26. Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
