Diffcult location for Wireless

Hope someone here can help. I have a client that lives in a large home with an external mother in law building. AP is in this building. His wife uses the computer in the main house and consistently getting dropped connections. Originally they had a Dlink AP and extender and it dropped consistently. I was convinced by Cisco sales to purchase a 1240 AG for this location. Installed and configured for "range" and I still have to use the extender. Should it but set to throughput? Is there a suggested config for diffcult areas? Thanks in advance.

I can describe the location a bit more. Is this information needed? The house and external building a separated by a court yard that spans about 150 feet. The house construction is metal beams and rock facing. About 10 inch in all. Thick oak doors and lots of dual pane windows.
I moved the AP router 5 feet closer to the house and it seems to be a bit better. I removed the Dlink extender as it seemed to be an added problem.
But the question remains. Should I adjust the AP for throughput or range for a difficult environment?
I also read that doing a channel search over the next several days may lock in a better channel than the initial search. Honestly they are located in the middle of the desert so I don't suspect they will be any channel interference.

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Sorry for the rambling, but I would appreciate any input. Thanks.

Your router will broadcast the signals in all directions(not just upstair or downstairs)...You should place your router in the center of your house...
Poor wireless connections are often caused by radio interference from other 2.4 GHz devices. This includes wireless phones, wireless baby monitors, microwave ovens, wireless mice and keyboards, wireless speakers, and your neighbor's wireless network. In rare cases, Bluetooth devices can interfere. Even some 5+ GHz phones also use the 2.4 Ghz band. Unplug these devices, and see if that corrects your problem.
In your router, try a different channel. There are 11 channels in the 2.4 GHz band. Usually channel 1, 6, or 11 works best. Check out your neighbors, and see what channel they are using. Because the channels overlap one another, try to stay at least +5 or -5 channels from your strongest neighbors. For example, if you have a strong neighbor on channel 9, try any channel 1 through 4.
Also, try to locate the router about 4 to 6 feet above the floor, in an open area. Do not locate it behind your monitor or near other computer equipment or speakers. The antenna (if external) should be vertical...

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I have a router, cable modem, cell phone extender, and hub in a bedroom closet because that is the way it was setup when I moved into my house. It is messy and there are lots of messy cables. I want to move all of this into another part of my house. What do I need to look for when deciding a location for all of this gear? What technical requirements do I need to ensure that it will work? Do I just need power and an ethernet port on the wall? Anything else?
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The gear is on one side of my house and I plan to add another Express device to use to extend the Wi-Fi signal. In this case, I'm assuming your sprinkler example does not matter?
Then why did you not tell us this originally? We could have saved you some time.
You told us that you planned to move all of the gear in the closet, and now you seem to be saying that is not the plan.
Locate the AirPort Express approximately half way between the AirPort Extreme and the general area that needs more wireless coverage.
Extending this way always results in compromises. The Express needs to be close to the AirPort Extreme to get a good strong signal, and yet it also needs to be close to the wireless devices to deliver a strong signal to the devices.
It cannot be located both near the Extreme and your devices at the same time, so the best "compromise" is about half way between the Extreme and the area where you need more wireless signal coverage. Avoid walls or ceilings in the signal path as much as possible.
Remember that the Express can only "extend" the quality and speed of signal that it receives. It cannot "boost" the speed of the connection, it can only make it go further.
A much better solution if possible would be to connect the AirPort Express to the AirPort Extreme using a wired Ethernet cable connection. Then, you can locate the Express exactly where it will be most needed, since there is no signal loss in a wire.

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Thank you toomanydonuts!
I will do this when I get back to the townhouse this evening.
Just so that I am prepared for tonight - I want to confirm and ask a few questions on the "options" and note a couple things I noticed that may help with answers...
Internet connection type - should be easy, I assume there is a "cable modem" option.
SSID - I do not know what this means or what to choose
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this laptop has this always on radar looking for wireless connections - how can I name my router so I know it's mine, other than the fact that it is the strongest signal. Maybe that's a network setting?
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Edit: I suppose I should add, just to ensure - in order to do this process through the url provided above, I need to be ethernet wired through the router to the modem? in order to access last night, I was straight into the modem, didn't seem to work wired through the router.
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The information I seek may also have been here:
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