Hi I bought and have set up the following wireless stuff:
Ebuyer 11mbps PCI Wireless Card
Belkin 802.11b Wireless Cable/DSL Internet Gateway Router
The idea was to connect the router to the cable modem and the pc downstairs with wires and then connect to the upstairs PC wirelessly, but... when the router was downstairs the upstairs wireless PC could not detect the network at all. I moved the router upstairs next to the PC and it worked fine, saying 'signal strength: excellent', i then tried moving the router a little further - to the room next door and it says 'signal strength: low' and it sometimes disconnects and reconnects. This is with the WiFi card only being about 20ft from the wifi router.
Any idea why the range is so crap? is it cos i bought cheap hardware or have i set it up wrong, or is the hardware defective..?