range of Wifi

[mjs31]

LOL. No way you were still using your home router at 3 miles. Could be a glitch, locale (will turn router on to check things), or you picked up someone else's. Who knows what caused it.

[Thoraldus]

Max I've seen is about 1000' Between our city hall and middle school. That was clear line of sight from second floor window.

[mikedav1]

Depending on the router model, there might be a setting to power down the range if it persists. On my d-link, there is one. Model is DGL-4500.

[hobby31]

That's strange. I have a linxsys 2.4ghz and in my 2500 sqft house I can barely get wifi on the droid in my bedroom. (the router is on the other side of the house) Maybe one bar. If I go in my bathroom I loose it completely. My old iphone had the same distance too. I agree with one of the posters, the icon must not have refreshed or something and you were on 3g.

[Thoraldus]

That's strange. I have a linxsys 2.4ghz and in my 2500 sqft house I can barely get wifi on the droid in my bedroom. (the router is on the other side of the house) Maybe one bar. If I go in my bathroom I loose it completely. My old iphone had the same distance too. I agree with one of the posters, the icon must not have refreshed or something and you were on 3g.

Check your power output settings. Maybe it's set low.

[huskur]

I have a RangeMax D-Link N router. I get about 600ft range out of it. With a repeater in my attic i can get around 1000 ft.