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Location: Place wireless router in a central location in your home.   [guest]

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Directional antennas: Use of a directional antenna, rather than the standard omni-directional one, will make the signal stronger in one direction.   [guest]

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Extending the range: Use a wireless repeater to extend the range of your network. The brand of the repeater may need to match the router for best performance. And when using a repeater, you can expect reduced throughput speeds.   [guest]

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Matching brands of hardware: If the brand of your router matches that of your network adapters, you may get better performance.   [guest]

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Trying different channels: You can try changing your wireless router's channel through your router's configuration page to see if your signal strength improves.   [guest]

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Avoid interference: To quiet the noise, avoid wireless electronics that use the 2.4GHz frequency. Instead, look for cordless phones that use the 5.8GHz or 900MHz frequencies.   [guest]

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Update your firmware or your network adapter driver: Router manufacturers regularly make free improvements to their routers. Sometimes, these improvements increase performance. To get the latest firmware updates for your router, visit your router manufacturer's Web site. Similarly, network adapter vendors occasionally update the software that Windows XP uses to communicate with your network adapter, known as the driver.   [guest]

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Modem: If you want the router to be connected to the Internet even when all your computers are turned off, your broadband modem will need to have a network/ethernet socket. Some USB modems do not have a network/ethernet socket.   [guest]

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Modem and router in one: If you don't already own a modem, it is simpler and cheaper to get a wireless router with a built-in modem.   [guest]

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