[puttu]

I currently have A Dlink 655 (going dual band soon) and love it for the most part. It's downstairs in a family room towards the rear of my house where my main Comcast cable comes in. Most of the pc's in the house run off it wired. I do have a laptop and printer that run off the wireless network I set up with the router. Signal strength tends to get weak as I move towards the front of the house. This really hasn't been a serious issue for me till I picked up 2 Blu -ray playesr with built in wifi to stream Netflix. The player in my bedroom (right above the router) has no issues with signal strength. However, the other player towards the front of my house gets a very weak signal.

Is there something I can hook up to this router to increase/ extend the signal strength? I just need the signal strength going to the 2nd Blu ray to be sufficient to stream Netflix. I've read of access points, repeaters and bridges and I've come to the conclusion that I'm in need of some help big time. Will going dual band do possibly extend my the range of my signal?

Thanks

[justincc68]

I think you can use a Wifi Signal Booster device which will boost your Wifi signals.

[jaxter]

The antenna that is supplied with your Wi-Fi router might design to be Omni-directional; it means that it can transmit the signals in all directions around the router. If you have placed your router near an outside wall, probably 50-60% of the WI-FI signals will fly outside, which will not allow you to utilize the full power of your router. Change your antenna to a hi-gain antenna that transmits the signals in a particular direction.