is there a way to extend the area for a wireless? my friend gave me his wep code so I can piggyback his connection (he lives across the street), but it only has range in one section of my house. so I can place my laptop there, but that still leaves me without access for my desktop.
I guess what I want is something like a 'repeater' for the signal. but I think I want it to be a router as well so I can transfer files between my two computers.

is this a simple thing to set up, or do I need a number of different parts?

I really want to keep this cheap because I plan to move in a few months and will just get my own account once I do.

any ideas?

thanks much
-dan