No signal in living room!

I have a one bedroom apt. I have one Airport Express. The AE is in the bedroom/office and connected to the cable modem. When I go into the living room which is less then 150 feet away, I lose signal. I then have to restart the laptop to get back on the internet where I have signal.
If I purchase another AE and plug it in the living room, would I then be able to get signal there?
Just a bummer that I have a laptop and AE but I cant go wireless in the other room.

It's possible that interference may be the cause that you are not getting a strong signal in the living room. (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58543)
...and yes, you can use another AirPort Express Base Station (AX) to extend your network wirelessly. (ref: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107454)

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I was doing some research on how this can be done. It does not appear there is an option in the Cisco router to set it up as an access point, but there are several options you can do to extend your network.
The first thing you can do is just set it up as a router behind router setup, and you will just have two separate networks. Make sure the DHCP pool does not conflict with the U-verse's gateway of 192.168.1.x.
The second thing you can do is connect the Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports on your Cisco router instead of using the internet port. This should make it work like a smart switch.
With both setups, you want to probably change the SSID, network key, and wireless security settings to the same thing for wireless roaming abilities. That way, anyone that configures their wireless connection will be connected to both networks. Just make sure the wireless channels are not the same, and I would suggest having them at least 5 apart.
Hope this helps.
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Some things to try first:
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2. Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
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5. Renew IP Address: (especially if you are droping internet connection)
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Hi,
Hoping you can help? We have a BT home hub 4.0 type A and use broadband regularly at home. Our home is in essence 'L' shaped and living in an old cottage with thick walls we really struggle for signal in specifically 2 rooms (each at the end of the 'L' shape) I want to increase the signal in these rooms but don't know how to?
I've seen the plug in adapters but worry how efficient they will be in an old build with old wiring? I've tried reading on the Internet but get a little lost - would anyone be able to offer some suggestions?? In these rooms I only need wifi signal for mobile devises, no hi-tech computers for gaming etc!!
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BT have devices which will help BT Connected Home
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