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ero87

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Jan 17, 2006
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New York City
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!
 
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).
 
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