WRE54G Range Expander -- Not very powerful

Here is the situation.
I have a house that is laid out from north to south at about 60 feet, with two walls between one bedroom on the opposite end from the access point, and the same with the other bedroom except it is not in direct line with the access point.  Without an expander there is no signal to these two rooms, except in the doorways.  Placing a wireless laptop in the doorways gives me 2 out of 5 bars according to one Vista laptop, and a weak signal on an XP SP2 desktop no higher than 11Mbps.  But for practical reasons they cannot reside in the doorways.
The expander, if placed at an outlet in the hallway near the doorways, gives no boost at all.  If mounted on either doorway, it boosts the signal significantly to the workstations no matter where they are in the room, but ONLY for the room in which the expander is placed.  I've upgraded the wireless card on the XP PC to the "Speedbooster" version that touts 35% extra power, and it hasn't helped at all.  So in this situation I would need TWO expanders unless someone can tell me what I am doing wrong.
I have the expander working steadily now.  This was helped greatly by the fact that I trashed the install disk that came with it and did it manually. (In fact, all LinkSys wireless cards in the house operate more efficiently when installed manually, using the Windows interface.)
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thank you.

That expander was pure junk.  I traded it in for a WAP54G and attached it to an existing CAT-5 connection in the rear of the house.  After I got it properly positioned, it covers 100% of the house and even on the back porch.  A much better solution, and a slightly less expensive one.

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    1. Connect your Expander to a computer, click on the Start button >>> Settings >>> Control Panel >>> Network Connections - Right click on the icon for Local area connection and go to properties- On the 'General' tab select 'Internet Protocol TCP/IP' and click on the Properties button- Select 'Use the following IP address'-
    Provide IP Address - 192.168.1.5, Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0...Click on OK button to Save and Click on "Close" on main Properties window...
    2. Now open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.240. Leave the Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...It should open your
    Expander set-up...
    3. Once you get to the set-up page you can follow this link to change the Expander Settings...
    NOTE : The link also explains to check the Wireless Settings on your Router...
    4. While changing the Expander settings you have to make sure that the Wireless Settings(SSID/Network Name and WEP/WPA Key) are identical on both the devices(Router and Expander)...Also make sure to change the Expander's default IP to match your network and Gateway Address should be your Router's address...ex. Expander's IP Address : 192.168.1.240(assuming your router's default IP Address is 192.168.1.1), Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway : 192.168.1.1...
    5. After configuring the Expander you should disconnect it from the Computer and go into Local Area Connection TCP/IP Properties and set it back to Obtain IP Address Automatically...Disconnect the Expander from the computer and power cycle both the devices(Expander and Router)...Your Expander should be configured...
    In case if you don't get the Expander set-up just leave it connected to your computer and reset it for 30 seconds and follow Step 2, Step 3, Step 4 & Step 5...
    Hope this helps.

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