The house is 2K square feet and with the location of the current setup I can't get more than 50 feet from the router. I never had a problem with signal strength with the old router.

Newegg review

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Pros: As the others have stated before me the WRT54GL benefits from the ability to be flashed with third party firmware. I would not recommend this router to someone who plans to use just the standard firmware, if that’s your intent I would go with the WRT54G. However, that being said this router is an excellent buy for someone with networking experience who wants an inexpensive router to do expensive networking tasks.
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Matt