Trouble setting up wireless network

Equipment using:
Linksys Wirleess G Router (WRT54GS) w/ Super Cantenna attached.
Linksys Wireless G Range Expander (WRE54G)
Scenario:
Trying to expand my wireless network to reach house 3 doors down; approx 150 ft. (House C)
I own house A, B, C (x are other houses)
B x x x x
- Street -
A x x C x
At house C, the signal I pickup with my laptop with built-in wireless NIC is 1.0 Mb/s (very weak)
I tried configuring the Linksys Wireless G extender and it doesnt pick up any signal when placed in house C.  For house A and B it works fine.
I'm going to try tweaking everything some more tonight (adjusting Cantenna, try an external wireless NIC instead of built-in NIC on laptop, etc.) but any other thoughts/suggestions/solutions would be greatly appreciated.  Trying to solve this problem and not spend $$ out the wazoo.
Thanks in advance
Eddie

i don't think Range Expander will work with the router from 150 ft. of distance...it is too far...however you may try tweaking up wireless settings on the router and as well on the expander for e.g. logon to router's setup page and try changing advanced wireless settings, try reducing beacon interval to 50, fragmentation and RTS threshold to 2304...make sure that you have latest firmware installed on router and expander...

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