Airport Interference Issues

We have recently installed Airport Express with Airtunes for our imac. We are up and running in the room where the modem and Airport is, but we do not seem to be able to connect in any other room (we live in an old double brick house). We assume the interference through the brick is too great - is there any solutions to this issue? Many thanks.

Hi Livandhenry,
Any solid structure will attenuate wireless signal. Therefore, there is only two options to maximize wireless coverage;
- try to move the airport express to a new location that will more central to where you want to use it. (for exemple, if in your imac's room you have a full signal and a too low signal in another room, try to locate the ae in the middle)
- apple base station can also relay each other; a more expensive solution, you can have multiple ae that can relay each other.
hope this may help, regards,

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