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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
for a $150 router i shouldnt have to buy stronger antenna's.
my WRT300N used to get at least 50% signal in my home theatre room which is upstairs and 2 rooms over, with my DIR655 i cant even get 15%
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It's all situational ...
For example, my DIR-655 got the 2nd best range of the 4 routers I tried before settling on it (WRT54G, Apple Airport Extreme, Linksys WRT300N, DIR-655) where the DIR-655 gets a nearly 80% signal 2 houses away (The Airport Extreme got the best range, but it was the biggest pain in the ass and most expensive router, so I returned it). The DIR-655 outperformed my old WRT54G in spite of the face that the WRT54G had the transmission power boosted WELL beyond factory spec; even then, it could only manage 1-2 bars (20-40%)). The WRT300N got no signal whatsoever.
On the flip side, my friend replaced his old WRT54G w/ a DIR-655 and he only got about 40-60% signal 2 rooms over. Some fiddling with the settings and antenna positions got that up to a consistent 80%, but he used to get 100% w/ the WRT54G all the time (stock Linksys firmware). He kept it because 80% @ 300 Mbps > 100 % @ 54 Mbps, plus he doesn't need to reboot it all the time.