I have a Netgear WGR614 wireless router in my house and have always had intermittant connectivity to my laptop (hp6220 with an Intel BG2200) and a desktop with a wireless Netgear card (cannot remember the type at the moment).
I've looked into upgrading drivers on the wireless cards, changing channels, using a reflector and moving the AP without much success. The laptop has been basically unusable, even when just in the next room, and the desktop sometimes gets a 50% signal but it is intermittant with no identifiable change in the environment or usual sources of interference.
I was thinking of getting another access point or replacing the WGR614, but my concern is that if the signal is intermittant from one room to the next, that maybe this really wouldn't help. I don't want to run wires, but that my be my only option. Earlier, I saw a RangeMax USB adapter card. Are the RangeMax products worth the extra money and/or would a RangeMax USB be a frugal first step instead of going the wired or multiple AP/replacement route?
Thanks, Dave