WiFi only works near wireless router...

I have been living in my uni house for 8months with no internet problems at all. Since last week, when I sit in the front room (where the router is) I can get internet connection, however when I move into my room (the next door room) the internet completely goes.
I rang the internet company and they have upped the signal strength and changed the channel but still nothing.
I've come home for the weekend and now have the same problem at home It seems when I'm further than about 2/3 meters away from the router I get no connection, and then sometimes (not often) I get it and then it goes again.
has anyone had the same problem? Any suggestions?
Thanks x

Same problems here for the most part:
This problem first happened about 6 months ago. I have used it on at least 10 different routers/connections, it is always the case that I have to be close to wireless antenna. Im running in 10.4.11. The other thing is I clearly remember when my internet stopped working from long distance. I was using it in my room and it just turned off while I was browsing the net. Because at that time I was not downloading any updates, I thought it was just a faulty router but my roommates macbook pro was not having any problems. Then at home, same story etc.. I just supposed it was always the hardware in my macbook that was broken/breaking/faulty, I never thought it was software.
I hope someone from apple can approach this problem. I'm sure there are other topics on this forum concerned with this problem.

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Two ways out, I added two more Belkin Access Points in my house in Spain so that I'm not more than 10Mtrs away, (Reinforced Concrete & solar glass 2010)
I bought 3 Apple Airports, 1 x Extreme and 2 x Express (1 as a hard wired AP, 1 as an extender) for my other house (Brick construction 1930's)
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Early beta iOS5 (iPad) is also much inproved in Beta 3, I have not had any problem with 'Lion'
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I am wasting a good portion of my 39th year on this Earth trying to get my MacBook Pro to connect to my wireless. Comcast has come three times, and swears they aren't the problem.
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Hi there,
I have a 13-in Macbook Pro, 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5.
My wifi only works at my house. it has been fine for the past 2 years everywhere else, but now the wifi says its connected, but the internet doesnt work.
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So here is the scenario. I just purchased a new 2T Time Capsule about a month ago. At some point, about a week ago it stopped working correctly. A few things that I've noticed:
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I'm trying to help my sister get her e-mail working. She is running a Macbook with 10.5. She is sharing an Internet connection with a PC, via a wireless router (a D-Link unit). The ethernet goes from the modem to the router, where it is hooked into the PC via cable. Her Macbook is accessing the router wirelessly via Airport.
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Your first statement and last statement are in conflict.
I am having trouble with my time capsule working as a wireless router.
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Actually, the ae is a slick device, once you get it to work.
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OMG!!! You are da man!!!
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Hello, kdyez.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Here is an article that you may find helpful with this issue. Start with going through the section labeled Symptom: After restarting or waking from sleep, my computer might not connect to the Internet.
Wi-Fi: How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4628
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My DHCP server on the Time Capsule only works for clients connected wirelessly to that specific access point; clients plugged directly into the network via ethernet and through other APs do not receive a DHCP assignment from the Time Capsule.
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