Apartment Wireless

[Caddywompus81]

Hi all. I have an issue with my home network in my apartment.

First, there are multiple wireless networks situated around me. Among them, there is at least 1 network that consistently knocks out my WRT54GL. It isn't constant, but it's enough that laptops and smartphones have difficulty accessing internet.

Second problem is that I wish to connect multiple game consoles and TV's to the internet. I cannot feasibly run a wired connection to the entertainment center, and adding multiple wireless adapters seems silly.

My uninformed solution: I was going to replace my WRT54GL to a dual band N router. As well, I was going to get a second wireless router to place at the entertainment center to pick up the signal. from here, I can use regular cables to connect to all my devices.

Is this ill-informed? Is there a better solution that I'm missing? Any product recommendations? Thank you for your help in advance.

[glc]

Get another router, then install DD-WRT firmware on the WRT54GL and run it as a wireless bridge. Being that the WRT54GL is only a "G" router, I don't know how having a "N" router will really help you. I'd probably get another WRT54GL and put DD-WRT on it too and find the best channel to avoid interference, and crank up the power to somewhere between 70 and 100 mw.

Wireless Bridge - DD-WRT Wiki

[Caddywompus81]

Thank you for the reply glc. Would this solution help alleviate the dropped signals I seem to experience? Would this set-up also be ideal for streaming HD movies? Thank you, as always!