High Speed Wireless Router

What is the effective range of a wireless broadband router like linksys?

I want to install a wireless router in my two storey home. However, I dont have an idea which part of the house shall i install the router. If I install the router in the level of the second floor, Will I still receive signal when I'm in the ground floor? my house is concrete. can the signal pass through two concrete walls? i'm thinking of buying linksys wrt54g broadband wireless router.

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1. install it as centrally as possible. Once you buy it, move it around and find what gives you the best possible signal. You may also concider a router with RangeBooster/MIMO, it helps signal a whole bunch.
2. Is your house brick inside ? What kind of router are you looking at B, G, N, etc. B . I would recommend picking up a G router , N is still buggy and overkill probably. As long as your house doesn't have really thick brick walls then you should receive signal on the ground floor perfectly.
3. yes u should do, i have wireless and my router is on the ground floor and my desktop is a floor above, my home is made of concrete and i still get a signal of 4/5 that's super so ya u should be able 2
4. its around 60 - 80 Meter in closed area, like building which have walls between two wirless devices, and 80 - 110 in open area, if you are inside a big open area like stadium
5. 1. The range of linksys routers is usually around 150 feet for wireless-g 2.I have a router on the ground floor of my home and I can get internet acess in my basement and on the floor above. You see when it says the range is up to 150 feet that means 150 feet in everydirection.