I recently moved a few systems around in my house.
I took the creaky Dell (256Mb RAM) and put it behind the TV, hard-wired into my router. It's now used solely as a music/photo server using Windows Media connect. I use my Xbox360 to pull the photos from it.
I took the Sony liquid-cooled hyper-threaded monster from behind the TV and put it down the hall in my office. I also put Vista on it and officially retired it from Media Center PC duty. Since I am not wired down the hall I have a PCI WiFi card (802.11g) with a little antenna thingy on it.
However, the signal down there is weak. I heard that WiFi signals travel better down than across so tried connecting my cable modem and router upstairs, right over the office. Lo and behold - no change! So much for that theory.
I moved it all back and went on eBay and bought an antenna for my Buffalo router. They sell them on eBay for about $15 and it just plugs in the back.
Sure enough, I basically doubled my signal strength. Small victories keep me going!
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