RE1000 - No improvement of my wifi signal

I purchased this range extender because I couldn't get my wifi signal to cover my entire house (1800 sq ft -- not huge by any means). After following installation instructions, I saw NO improvement of my wifi signal. $100 wasted!

Most importantly, remember that in order to get the best performance from an RE1000 you need to place the extender in an area where you still have at least 50% signal strength to your router when you place it in the final location where the RE1000 will be used. To configure the RE1000 you will need to login to the UI after you have put the RE1000 in the final location to verify the signal strength below is a reminder about signal bars and what they mean as a reminder
For ALL configurations you should have between 2-3 bars of signal at the very least. If you have less, then you have to move the RE1000 closer to the router. You can also check the status on the status page of the RE1000 as well. On the status page it measures both Signal Strength and Signal Quality. If either set of bars is red you must move the RE1000 closer to the Router.
If you are getting the same problem then you need to make certain setting in the router to get the better throughput:
         1] Open up the browser and on the address bar type 192.168.1.1 that will open up the Router setup page.
         2] Lower the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) from 1500 to 1400 or less (usually found on your router's main/ basic setup page). Here is the link for determining and setting up the correct MTU size: http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid=fbf8e8564632422eaa8ea80bf9dcba64_386.xml&pid=80&re...
         3] Then go to the Wireless tab, keep network mode as mixed, and make the Channel Bandwidth to 20 MHz only and Channel to 9..
#Adjust the following advanced wireless settings:
~~ Lower the beacon interval from 100 to 75
~~ Lower the fragmentation threshold from 2346 to 2306
~~ Lower the RTS threshold from 2347 to 2307.

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phillyrx wrote:
Hi jsk2,
Thanks for the suggestion. No, I haven't tried to move the router to the 2nd floor. Is that supposed to improve the signal house-wide? The 2nd floor coax is on the opposite end of the house of the 1st floor coax.
Also, might be a really stupid question, but can the coax cables be used interchangably? (ie: the coax for my TV can be used for the router, and the coax for my router can be used for a TV)?
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You don't mention what your tier is but I assume it's under 100mb?
any of the coax connectors can be used for tv AND router by adding a splitter - up to a max of 8 I believe.
Go onto ebay and get a couple of old fios routers and add one on each floor
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