Is there an airport signal booster to strengthen signal?

Is there a signal booster for the Airport?

Any of the Apple routers.....an AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, or Time Capsule can be used to wirelessly "extend" the wireless network to provide more wireless signal coverage......assuming that the "extender" is located where it can receive a strong wireless signal to be able to extend it.
A much better way to "extend", would be to connect the Apple AirPort routers together using a wired Ethernet connection. There is much less loss of signal this way....and the extending AirPort can be located exactly where more wireless coverage is needed.

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Airport Extreme - Boosting signal?

I just moved into a new apartment, and my Airport Extreme works great in the living room or office where I keep it. But when I go down a hallway (about 25 ft. away from the Extreme) and into the bedroom, I'm lucky if I get half a bar.
Any way to get a stronger signal? I've tried playing with the different channels but that didn't seem to do anything.
Would purchasing an Airport Express boost the signal in the bedroom?
Oh, and FYI, the Airport Extreme was purchased in July.
Thanks for the help.

It should, but most specifications are based on an open area with no other form of Wi-Fi interference present. With this type of environment, all wireless routers can reach far greater distances. However, as you can imagine, real-life situations can differ greatly from manufacturer's specifications, and at best, they should be only considered as guidelines.
Apartment complexes, university dormitories, etc. then to have high concentration of Wi-Fi operating and any of these near to you could interfere with your Wi-FI. A handy (& free) utility, iStumbler, (if you're not already familar with it) can help you "see" what other Wi-Fis are present. I would recommend looking for those with the strongest signal values and what channels they are oprerating on ... then, change your AirPort's radio channel to one at least 3-5 channels away. Once you can verify that you are getting the best performance and range posssible, and then, still require more coverage, would I recommend adding an additional base station.

There is no signal coming from the airport express

There is no signal coming from my airport express. The light is always amber in color. It would turn green but only for 1-2 seconds and then back to amber again for a long time. I'm pretty sure there is a signal problem from the airport express. What could be the solution in this problem?
Thank you.

Unfortunately, the solid amber light is likely a symptom that the Express has experienced an internal component failure.
Try a Factory Default Reset as follows to see if you can unlock the device.
Power down the Express for at least 15-20 minutes
Hold in the reset button and keep holding it in for another 10-12 seconds while you plug the Express back in to power
Release the reset button
If you have a slow, blinking amber light after 40-45 seconds, the Express may be OK. If the light stays solid amber after a several tries on the default reset, I'm afraid that it will need to be replaced.

Can airport express boost signal without connecting to 3wire bigpond router?

Can airport express boost signal without connecting to 3wire bigpond router? just via wi-fi?

The Express would not sit with the bigpond router......it would need to be located in the area where you need more wireless signal coverage.
Assuming that you have an open available Ethernet port on the bigpond router, you can use that to connect the Ethernet cable to the Express and locate the Express where it is needed in a remote location.

Is there any way to boost a signal.

The television signal to each unit gets lost every hour for about 5 minutes, and the tech can't come back for 5 days according to the 800-Comcast. Is there any way to boost the signal in the mean time?

PamBarksdale wrote:
The television signal to each unit gets lost every hour for about 5 minutes, and the tech can't come back for 5 days according to the 800-Comcast. Is there any way to boost the signal in the mean time? Yes, but if you select the wrong equipment, you could be adding to your issues or your neighbors.... it is best to let the onsite Tech make the determination of what equpment you need and he/she has available to install.

I seem to have very poor wifi signal strength,is there any way to boost my signal

I seem to have very poor wifi signal strength,is there any way to boost my signal

If you gave some information on what network equipment you are using (make, model, version) and where you are experiencing signal problems it would help in giving advice.

Will Airport Express boost a weak signal?

I get wireless coverage everywhere in my home, but in some areas the signal is less strong than others. Will an Airport Express boost the signal so that the 'weak' areas will have the same signal strength as the 'strong' areas?

If you are 20 feet from the router and only show a couple of "bars", either your router is not performing up to specifications or you have some wireless interference issues at your location.
An AirPort Express can extend the signal "deeper" but it won't make it stronger. It can only extend what it receives.
I suggest that you investigate your low signal strength issue before adding an AirPort Express. BTW, I assume that you are aware that the Express can only "extend" a signal from another Apple "n" router. It won't work with the products of other manufacturers for that purpose.

My wifi does not reach upstairs through the concrete. Is there a way of boosting it with some hardware upstairs?

Using my airport in my downstairs office, the wifi is not strong enough upstairs due to the concrete floor in between. Is there a product that I can add , either at the airport or upstairs to boost the signal?

The correct way to add more range to your network is install another AirPort router upstairs and then connect it back to the main AirPort using a wired Ethernet connection.
There is no signal loss in the Ethernet cable, so the upstairs AirPort will receive a full strength signal to broadcast upstairs.
The upside.....you will have a network designed the way an IT pro would recommend.
The downside.....you, or someone else has to run the Ethernet cable and do some drilling.
With a concrete ceiling, it would not be recommended to try to extend the network by connecting the upstairs AirPort to the downstairs AirPort using a wireless connection. The reason is simple.......the signal will be weak and slow by the time that it gets upstairs.....and the upstairs AirPort cannot make the signal that it receives go any faster.
The upstairs AirPort acts like a signal repeater.when it connects using wireless. It can make the weak and slow signal go further, but it cannot make the signal that it receives go any faster.
If you have the time and willingness to experiment, it is possible that adding an AirPort upstairs to connect using wireless to the AirPort downstairs might provide some improvement to your current situation. But, it would also be a good idea to understand the store's return policy before you buy.
The unfortunate fact remains that wireless signals are very weak, and they will not go through concrete very well at all.

Weak Airport signal strength after MacBook upgrade to OS 10.5

Today, I finally upgraded my 13-inch 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook (2 gig RAM, 160 gig HD) to OS 10.5 from OS 10.4.11. After using install and archive to install the new system, I noticed the Airport signal was down to three bars from the usual four. After completing all the system updates to bring it up to 10.5.8, its still receiving only three bars. We're using a 2Wire wireless DSL modem for Internet service. I was getting the full four bars before the system upgrade, and my wife's 14" G4 iBook is still getting four bars.
What's going on here? Is there an available fix for this? Or am I doomed to going back to OS 10.4.11?
Roger

rmatile wrote:
Today, I finally upgraded my 13-inch 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook (2 gig RAM, 160 gig HD) to OS 10.5 from OS 10.4.11. After using install and archive to install the new system, I noticed the Airport signal was down to three bars from the usual four. After completing all the system updates to bring it up to 10.5.8, its still receiving only three bars. We're using a 2Wire wireless DSL modem for Internet service. I was getting the full four bars before the system upgrade, and my wife's 14" G4 iBook is still getting four bars.
Those bars are only an approximation of Wi-Fi signal strength. In Mac OS X 10.5 if you pull down the AirPort menu bar item while holding down an option key you'll see a value "RSSI", which is the actual signal strength. If you were using an AirPort base station, you could use AirPort Utility to see actual signal and noise levels.
In Mac OS X 10.4 I don't think that option key trick works, but you should be able to use the AirPort command-line utility, as describe in the electronic book "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network" (http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/airport-n):
- Launch Terminal
- Type this command:
cd /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/\
Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/
- Type this command:
./airport -s
You'll see the "RSSI" value in one of the columns. If you compare the "RSSI" values for both OS versions, you may find the "RSSI" values more similar than the AirPort menu bar arcs suggest.
I have no financial connection to Take Control Books.

Poor Airport Signal

I have a macbook pro with Mac OS 10.4.11, and I have noticed extremely low airport signals on my laptop. I thought maybe that it was always the routers I was using, because my laptop is in perfect condition, and i had not changed anything on it. But I know that it is my Laptop because I have a router in the room next to me, and the signal strength bars remain at 2-3, when they should be full. Also, I am a university student, and in my classrooms I can see other people on their Mac AND windows laptops, and they are all browsing the web easily, while my laptop wont even pick up a signal, and if it does it will be for 2-3 seconds.
The range is supposed to be 150 feet for my airport, and i am no more than 15 feet away from my router with a 3/4 full signal strength. pitiful.
can anyone help? I know others have been having the same problem as me. Will Apple do anything about this if my warranty is expired?

Hi eraserface, and a warm welcome to the forums!
First thing to do is check for a loose or frayed Antenn, or loose card.
There are some USB options that'd be cheaper than a repair though...
http://www.afterthemac.com/product.php?id=Mac%20USB%20Wireless%20G54SL
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=8862&Item=ASUWL167G

Airport signal disappears when I use our cordless phone

Hi. I am running an adelphia premiere high-speed DSL modem into an airport extreme base station, which provides a wireless signal to an i-book and powerbook. I am also running a line from the extreme base station to a Vonage unit, for internet telephone, from which I use a cordless panasonic phone (KX-TG2216). It's a new set-up as we have just moved house. And I'm finding that whenever I use the cordless phone my airport signal disappears (icon goes to grey), and sometimes I even lose my base station network in the popup menu (necessitating finding it again on airport setup assistant). They're just not there... But they come back when I terminate any use of the cordless handset. Is it a hardware compatibility issue? Do I need some kind of firmware patch?
Any help gratefully received. Thanks!

simonherb, Welcome to the discussion area!
Your cordless phone uses the same 2.4 GHz that is used by the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). Therefore it is directly interfering with your wireless network.
You may be able to configure the AEBS to use a channel that works OK even when the telephone is in use.
A better solution is to get a cordless phone that does not operate at 2.4 GHz.

Airport signal fades in snow leopard

Since Snow Leopard arrived I was plagued by a fading airport signal and resorted to a USB adapter in place of Airport. After about 20 minutes of use Airport signal fades and the network is lost.
A friend recently updated to Snow Leopard and has now got similar Airport and network problems.
All day today I have been working off a SuperDuper clone of Leopard on an external drive. I use page layout software that is not available for Snow Leopard. The surprising thing is that Airport has been full strength all day.
Is there a known problem?
AW.

I just downloaded the 10.6.2 update, and I can now print wirelessly to my HP 1012 via an older Airport Express! Give it a try. Maybe you'll be lucky, too!

Airport Signal Varies

Sometimes my airport (snow) signal being used with a G4 Powerbook varies to the point where I lose contact to the internet. Can anyone tell me what causes that to happen? And is there anything I can do to prevent this from occurring?
Betty
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.2.x)

I am having what I think is a similar problem, although my problem is more related to a complete loss of signal. I am starting to think, from what I am reading in other posts here, that it is something related to 10.4.3, as the problem I am experiencing began after installing the 10.4.3 update. Do you know if the PowerBook has 10.4.3? Also, do you have and/or are you using something prior to 10.4.3 on possibly any other, unaffected machines? You can read the post about my problems at the following 2 links:
From Apple's AirPort Discussion Forums (here):
Topic: HELP! AirPort Signal "Suddenly" Sporadic on iMac G4
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=264690&tstart=0
From the Mac OS X Hints Forums:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=48498
Please let me know the problem you have is similar to the one I have, and if you have 10.4.3 on the PowerBook. In advance, thank you.

AirPort signal not always showing

Hello there, I have the last 12" ibook to come out. I have had it since late February 2006 and this is the first time that this has been happening. The last couple of days, the AirPort signal has not been showing sometimes when I start up my ibook. I have to restart it, sometimes twice, to get the signal to pop up. When it wasn't showing up, and I would open up the Internet Connect and the AirPort wouldn't even be an option to select to connect to the Internet. Please give me any advice you can. Thanks.

Hallo.
i got the same problem help !!!!!!....

Airport signal fades

My Airport signal of late is always strong until I actually "surf" - either navigating to a bookmark or querying on the internet. Could there be issues with local storage limits, firewall settings, etc that impede the sending and receiving of signal bandwith (or info) that causes the issue. Again, always fades only duing actual webpage access. No competing wireless computers, etc. Is the multicast rate on wireless Airport Extreme Base Station the issue? (1-11 Mbs)? Any recommended troubleshooting tips or tests to vector down to likely cause? Thanks.

Here's something thats worth a shot.
Make sure that your base station is getting sufficient electricity.
Here's the deal... I had a router that was frequently fading in and out. I couldn't figure out why until I later learned that the AC Power adapter was somehow the wrong one.
It was like 5 volts, and the one that was supposed to be plugged in was 12 volts, and since there wasn't enough energy, the wireless signal would fade.
After i realized this, I went to check out my girlfriend's wireless router, since she was having a similar problem. It turns out that hers was plugged into a power strip, and so it wasn't getting enough energy, so I was able to fix hers by plugging it into its own outlet.
good luck!
David

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