I dont know how many of you know about this, but if you own a linksys router you can easily increase its range without buying anything.. i wanted to increase my wrt54g's range and i couldnt get any external antennas in my city so i just installed a custom firmware for my router from here:
http://dd-wrt.com/
How does it increase the range?
It increases the power going to the transmitter in your router hence boosting the signal.. you can custom increase the power going to the transmitter once you install this firmware by going to your routers page, but i wouldnt recommend that because increasing the power can decrease your routers life and cause some other problems.. the default value of the new firmware is usually the best..
i feel a pretty significant change in the range of my router already and it took me barely 5 minutes to get it working.. one final note:
BEWARE, THIS PROCEDURE VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY AND MAY BRICK YOUR ROUTER
http://dd-wrt.com/
How does it increase the range?
It increases the power going to the transmitter in your router hence boosting the signal.. you can custom increase the power going to the transmitter once you install this firmware by going to your routers page, but i wouldnt recommend that because increasing the power can decrease your routers life and cause some other problems.. the default value of the new firmware is usually the best..
i feel a pretty significant change in the range of my router already and it took me barely 5 minutes to get it working.. one final note:
BEWARE, THIS PROCEDURE VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY AND MAY BRICK YOUR ROUTER