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Wi-Fi upstairs :(
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I currently moved into a small house with 3 other people (we're students). The cable guy installed the cable modem in the basement (he was supposed to do it upstairs but whatever). I am attaching my Linksys WRT54G2 V1.5 to the cable modem. So we have wifi in the basement now.
The coverage upstairs isn't that great. It doesn't cover much from the kitchen or a room upstairs. How do I go on getting wifi upstairs?
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If at all possible, run an Ethernet cable from the cable modem to the upstairs and place the Linksys somewhere central.
Or call the cable company and tell them that their installer didn't do what you'd asked and put the modem in the wrong space. You're paying for the service, so in my mind, "but whatever" doesn't cut it. He did it wrong and someone should set it right.
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Or, if there is already a cable outlet upstairs, you could simply move the modem yourself.
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^^^ What he said.
If it's a cable modem, you should be able to connect it to any cable outlet in the house.
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I was told by one of my roommate that the cable guy had to install it in the basement. He couldn't do it upstairs because there's only one cable outlet in the basement throughout the house.
Should I just buy a DLINK with 3 antennas?
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Originally Posted by Parvez 
I was told by one of my roommate that the cable guy had to install it in the basement. He couldn't do it upstairs because there's only one cable outlet in the basement throughout the house.
Should I just buy a DLINK with 3 antennas?
So how would you get cable TV ?
Only in the basement ?
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Originally Posted by turtle777
So how would you get cable TV ?
Only in the basement ?
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We're all students and none of us watch TV that much so we're not getting TV cable.
There's the internet for everything 
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Originally Posted by Parvez
We're all students and none of us watch TV that much so we're not getting TV cable.
There's the internet for everything
That's not my point.
What kind of house is that that doesn't have cable outlets ?
Do you have an outhouse, too ? 
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Originally Posted by turtle777
That's not my point.
What kind of house is that that doesn't have cable outlets ?
Do you have an outhouse, too ?
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Lol
I'm not really sure because I didn't move in yet. It's just one roommate living there.
But even if I move the cable modem upstairs we're going to have low signal in the basement, no?
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Originally Posted by Parvez
Lol
I'm not really sure because I didn't move in yet. It's just one roommate living there.
But even if I move the cable modem upstairs we're going to have low signal in the basement, no?
I somebody going to LIVE in the basement ?
(This is getting werider by the minute )
I'd just put the AE in the middle floor, I assume the 1st floor.
Let the roomie check for cable outlets.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
I somebody going to LIVE in the basement ?
(This is getting werider by the minute )
I'd just put the AE in the middle floor, I assume the 1st floor.
Let the roomie check for cable outlets.
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AE? Airport Express?
Airport Express only works with Airport Extreme for WDS, doesn't it?
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No, AE as in Airport Extreme. 
(Sorry, I forgot that AE is ambiguous).
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Any cable installer worth calling himself that should be able to RUN a cable outlet (or at least a cable) wherever the heck the customer wants. If the "cable modem" guy couldn't do it, he should have called an installer to do it, then hooked up the cable modem.
You got ripped off by the cable company. Let 'em know about it and tell 'em you'd like them to fix it. That's a LOT less expensive than setting up WDS with an AEBS and an Extreme.
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Originally Posted by Parvez
But even if I move the cable modem upstairs we're going to have low signal in the basement, no?
Not necessarily. I seem to recall reading somewhere that WiFi signals travel further down than up (I can't imagine why, though).
One other possibility, if you can't move the modem, would be to get a better antenna with more push. Or, hack up your own: Parabolic Templat
I made one of these parabolic antenna attachments and saw the signal strength in the worst corners of my house go from 50% to 70%. The downside is that anything in the opposite direction from where the antenna is pointing will see a massive signal drop (which is ok in your case since the opposite direction is underground).
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