Wireless Network Range?

Get a wireless extender.

 

The reason for my abruptness was that's basically the limit of my knowledge!

However, I think (if memory serves me right) they tend to be around the £50 mark, but I'm sure there will be some cheaper ones. Really can't recommend any as I haven't used any! There might be compatibilty issues with using another make - who made your router?

Sure you've probably tried this, but a friend had similar trouble but managed to avoid getting an extender by moving the router (as in placing it somewhere else, not waving it about).

 

You didn't list what type of router you have. Assuming it is 802.11g, you could consider getting an 802.11n router instead. They are advertised as having 4x the range of g routers, and my experience with the Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router bears that out. You could try a range extender, but they are finicky and cost almost as much as an n router.

Before you do anything, move your g router around a bit. Moving it even one foot left or right can in some cases make a big difference.

 

I have an Airport Extreme base station downstairs, and because I never got very good signal on the second floor, I bought Airport Express for upstairs, and now I have good signal up here again.

 

Impossible to say, since you haven't listed what "everything" devices you are asking about, but the answer is probably "yes." Every pre-n router I have seen is backward compatible with g and b devices (but not necessarily a devices). My Linksys pre-n router connects to my wife's computer at pre-n speeds (about 275 Mbps) because her computer has a pre-n network card. The same router connects to my work Thinkpad at g speeds, and connects to my old HP printer at b speeds.

So, assuming you buy a pre-n router that is compatible with g and b, and assuming your other devices are g and b devices, yes, it should work.

 

Check out the MBP specs here: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html

 

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