Upgrading my wireless router

I have recently got a smartphone with wireless access. The router is
in my sons bedroom becuase he has ps3 and xbox linked to it. If I'm
in the living room the signal strength drops from 4 bars to 1 bar. I
am probably about 20/30 foot away. I have now added voip to the phone
and don't want to risk drop out if the signal strength is weak. I work
from home so voip is an added bonus and avoids calls coming in on a
mobile number.

The current router is a Netgear 834G and I have been more than happy
with it, however in order to improve signal strength I am looking at a

Netgear RANGEMAX™ Wireless Modem Router - DGN483PN

is this a wise move or would I be better off getting a N type router?

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:36:32 +0000, John R <truthseeker55@ymail.com>
wrote:

>I have recently got a smartphone with wireless access. The router is
>in my sons bedroom becuase he has ps3 and xbox linked to it. If I'm
>in the living room the signal strength drops from 4 bars to 1 bar. I
>am probably about 20/30 foot away. I have now added voip to the phone
>and don't want to risk drop out if the signal strength is weak. I work
>from home so voip is an added bonus and avoids calls coming in on a
>mobile number.
>
>The current router is a Netgear 834G and I have been more than happy
>with it, however in order to improve signal strength I am looking at a
>
> Netgear RANGEMAX™ Wireless Modem Router - DGN483PN
>
>is this a wise move or would I be better off getting a N type router?


Sorry, I had meant to post this in uk.telecom.broadband

John R <truthseeker55@ymail.com> wrote:
> I have recently got a smartphone with wireless access. The router is
> in my sons bedroom becuase he has ps3 and xbox linked to it. If I'm
> in the living room the signal strength drops from 4 bars to 1 bar. I
> am probably about 20/30 foot away. I have now added voip to the phone
> and don't want to risk drop out if the signal strength is weak. I work
> from home so voip is an added bonus and avoids calls coming in on a
> mobile number.

Out of interest, what smartphone platform, what voip client and what
provider? Do you get decent audio quality (clear, no echo)? I've not found
a voip client with passable audio yet.

Theo

On 19 Dec 2010 02:08:10 +0000 (GMT), Theo Markettos
<theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

>John R <truthseeker55@ymail.com> wrote:
>> I have recently got a smartphone with wireless access. The router is
>> in my sons bedroom becuase he has ps3 and xbox linked to it. If I'm
>> in the living room the signal strength drops from 4 bars to 1 bar. I
>> am probably about 20/30 foot away. I have now added voip to the phone
>> and don't want to risk drop out if the signal strength is weak. I work
>> from home so voip is an added bonus and avoids calls coming in on a
>> mobile number.
>
>Out of interest, what smartphone platform, what voip client and what
>provider? Do you get decent audio quality (clear, no echo)? I've not found
>a voip client with passable audio yet.

I have a HTC Wildfire, running sipdroid and my voip provider is
sipgate. I received a call on it yesterday and audio quality was good
but not loud.

John R <truthseeker55@ymail.com> wrote:
> I have a HTC Wildfire, running sipdroid and my voip provider is
> sipgate. I received a call on it yesterday and audio quality was good
> but not loud.

Thanks. Sipdroid is one of the better clients audio-wise, but on Betamax
the people I call get a strong echo.

Theo