[Paul T]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I had the first WiFi system in my neighborhood. I remember the days of looking for a signal, and finding no one else running WiFi. Now there are are many signals when I look for them.

My router sits at 7 feet in the air on top of a cabinet-desk in my office. My garage is the opposite far corner in my house. The signal is not real strong but plenty good enough to stream music from a really old iPad to some computer speakers for my garage listening.

As mentioned in posts above, get the router as high up as possible. And use a cable when possible. I have my computers just a few feet from the router, and this system is plugged right into the router, and the rest of the the Cat5a and Cat6 cables all go to a gigabit switch. I have a DVR recording my security cameras all driven by Cat5a power over Ethernet, or POE.

One other tip, by an upper end (more expensive and professional) level of router. More channels, and something that the firmware can be updated to keep it current.

I agree with this if you can afford it - it does make a difference. I use enterprise level stuff (mostly Pakedge), and I never touch it, it just works and actually many years old at this point.