Why is Airport Express range so CRAPPY

Hi, I'm a big fan of Apple products, except for Airport Express. The reason? The range is appalling. I cannot get it to function at a distance of more than six feet!! I have tried changing the channel settings, but to no avail. It can't be the house as I have a wireless indoor outdoor weather monitor($30) and that quite happily monitors 30-40 feet away. Any suggestions as my wireless music/internet is confined to 5 feet away, they might as well be plugged directly in to the computer!!
Any help would be great

If your computer has a removable wi-fi card (some are integrated) the
antenna cable may not be fully seated into the card's socket.
If the wireless question gets too intense, you may have to see what
a different wireless base station can do for you; should you have a
need to test both the computer's wireless airport capabilities as well
as those of the base station. To use another wireless capable Mac
or PC locally to see what response that gives you may be helpful in
troubleshooting more than just the AirPort Express.
I see Apple certified page has AEBS [extreme base with b.i. modem
and external antenna port] for only $10. more than the Express base.
With another wi-fi capable computer to check your AX output,
or take the AX unit to another location where it can be tested,
may be helpful in further testings. It may be on its way out.
Oh, did your wireless signal appear to act up after you did some
software update or another? Some user's computers did act up
a bit after some updates; mine both appear to work fine wireless.

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Ok, so here's the situation: my internet service provides me with 10Mbps. My cable modem is hooked up to a 4-month old Airport Extreme in my home office, two walls away from the living room, where I'm typing from now. Internet's wireless speed in this living room has always been about 10Mbps, barely any loss when switching my signal from cable to wireless.
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flag8r77 wrote:
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Currently, I have one airport express connected to a
window xp server via lan port. The ADSL is connected
to the PC. all working fine with my PB 4.
I wish to extend the range of the wireless by using
another airport express hardware ( which i have
bought).
Two choices are available ,i suppose:
1. install the second Aiportexpress ( as range
extender )on the PC . ( is that correct assumption?)(
how many extenders one can have? )
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in ADSL) and use the 2 airport express as range
extenders. If this configuration is feasable, which
hardware would be compatble with my 2 airport express
.? Belkin? D-Link? netGear? please advise on Model
too
thanks
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I was as gobsmacked as you when I read your post first time. Then I noticed you use a cable modem. This causes your Mac to be allocated the IP address assigned to your cable modem by your ISP.
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