We increased the signal only slightly, using the firmware -- didn't want to overpower the others, per se, but to ensure that within our apartment the router would have the strongest signal.
I'm fairly certain that a lot of the interference is coming from people's phones and microwaves, moreso than the other networks, and thus a small boost seemed reasonable.
While it's true there is ALWAYS a way to get cabling around, it's not always easyh. No carpets in the apartment, and to run the cabling from where the router is to the other key room would require 150' of cabling, at least, if we ran it along the ceiling or the baseboard because of doorframes and tricky corners.
This then means ensuring no signal loss in the cables, the cost of running it and so forth.
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We increased the signal only slightly, using the firmware -- didn't want to overpower the others, per se, but to ensure that within our apartment the router would have the strongest signal.
I'm fairly certain that a lot of the interference is coming from people's phones and microwaves, moreso than the other networks, and thus a small boost seemed reasonable.
While it's true there is ALWAYS a way to get cabling around, it's not always easyh. No carpets in the apartment, and to run the cabling from where the router is to the other key room would require 150' of cabling, at least, if we ran it along the ceiling or the baseboard because of doorframes and tricky corners.
This then means ensuring no signal loss in the cables, the cost of running it and so forth.
Unfortunately, the configuration of our apartment makes cabling easier said than done; it's one of the reasons we went the WiFi route...