Getting bad WiFi range from Time Capsule

[ero87]

Just set up my Time Capsule in a new apartment. Internet is blazing fast in the same room as the time capsule, but can't seem to render Netflix/Hulu when I go to the bedroom 20 feet away. The internet in the bedroom is real slow and occasionally just drops off. Any advice for boosting the signal? I'd rather not spend $100 on an Airport Express, that's a last resort.

(The slow internet in the bedroom has manifested on a Macbook, iPad, and iPhone).

Thanks!

 

[miles01110]

If you're in an apartment you might be overlapping channels with all of your neighbors. Or you might have thick or foil-backed walls. There's not much you can do aside from moving it or changing channels if you refuse to buy an extender (cheap routers usually have a bridge mode that turns them into repeaters).

 

[HazyCloud]

Here's a great Lifehacker article about finding the best channel to use. There's even a link for a channel searcher.

http://lifehacker.com/5580636/change-your-wi+fi-routers-broadcast-channel-for-a-stronger-connection