45% wireless signal

[Lep]

Ok, here's the situation. My wireless reciever is conntected by 3 cords (roughly 8 feet total) and placed right in my window on our 2nd floor. The router is placed right in the window which is below mine and to the left (you can see each window from each other) but my wireless signal is only around 45%. They are both N too.

 

When I had a friend here before to test our internet, he brought his laptop and he got 5/5 bars at the window where my receiver is. I even did some experiments with a broom and a chair to make my receiver in the open and where he was standing when he tested his laptop, and my signal did not change. Shouldn't my receiver - which is more of a direct receiver than a laptop is - be a way better signal, especially in the window in line of sight of the router? PS. When my friend was here to test the signal, we were using a G router and a G receiver. We are now using both N. The new router is in the exact same spot as the old one was though, and the antenna is even pointed directly at the location of my receiver.

 

Any help how to improve it?

 

By the way, our house is 140 years old and our windows are like cardboard thin... so I can't see that being a problem, especially since my friends laptop worked fine anyway.

[indy500fan]

45% on N is going to be faster than 100% on G (45% of 300 is 145 vs full 54 with g). What kind of antenna is it? If it is a stick antenna like most routers come with pointing it straight at the location your receiver is will give you the worst signal (which is still going to be just fine in your situation). The stick should be straight up, the signal is omni directional out from that (parallel with the floor) though it does go up and down plenty.

 

Basically if it working then don't worry about it. Your internet speeds are most likely way below that anyways.

[Lep]

Okay thanks I'll try sticking it straight up.