I have a small net book, and when i lived at my parents i bought a wireless router for their computer so i could pick up a wireless signal, and it worked excellent.I moved a few houses down, maybe 300 feet or so away, and no longer pick up a signal from them, just other networks that are secure with passwords. I was thinking of getting Cisco-Linksys AE1000 , but do not wish to spend the money if it's not the solution to my problem. If this isn't, also i was wondering what might help expand the range of the wifi from my parents house. Thank You,
-Andrea
Update:also the driveway our houses are on involves a hill. my house is at the bottom, and my parents is at the top, I don't know if that would interfere with anything.
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You can use wilress range extender
Hawking HWREN1 Hi-Gain Wireless-300N Range Extender
Hawking HWREN1 effectively doubles the operating distance of your entire wireless network. Whether it is an area in your home that has limited or no wireless coverage or a warehouse in your office, the Hawking wireless-300N range extender takes the signal from your wireless access point and retransmits it at a higher rate. Simply place the range extender halfway between your wireless access point and wireless trouble spot. The HWREN1 is the only wireless repeater on the market that supports most wireless 802.11b/g/n networks and devices so you never have to worry whether the wireless network at your home or office will work with the range extender. The HWREN1 also features a new software setup wizard for hassle-free installation. To setup the range extender, you simply load the setup CD and scan for a network to extend. Package contents include one hi-gain wireless-300N range extender, one power adapter, one CD with PC setup wizard, one RJ-45 cable, and installation guide.
Don't waste your $ on fancy Cisco equipment. Move the wireless router to the highest point in your parents place... get a wireless repeater for your place, hopefully with some sort of line of sight to your parent's router, cross your fingers... WiFi gets killed by brick walls, florescent lights, high voltage power, microwaves, wireless phones and a handfull of other goodies. If other people in your area have WiFi routers, you might want to get fancy and switch the channels the WiFi equipment runs on, most equipment runs on Channel 6, pump it up to 11 or try some other channels. Make sure you are using WiFi N