Increase 2.4 Ghz WiFi Signal

[mjimlay]

I live in an apartment complex and I currently have an ASUS RT-AC68U router running in Media Bridge Mode which is bridged to the WiFi at the Club House. The Club House's internet connection for their WiFi network (separate from their corporate/office network) is provisioned at 15x1 (technically 18x1.5). However, due to my weak signal, I am only able to pull between 2-6 MBit's on the RX and it varies greatly at times. The connection is stable with little to no packet loss, but the speed is a bit all over the place and the fastest I've been able to pull was 6 Mbit's but wasn't steady.

I have the router sitting on the window seal in my living room which is where I am able to get the best signal, but it still isn't great. Any suggestions on how I can improve the signal? I don't have a good line of sight since my window doesn't face the Club House.

Anyway.. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

Detailed Information:

Screenshots:
http://imgur.com/a/o0dIC

Router Information:

SSID: "CableWiFi"
RSSI: -72 dBm SNR: 0 dB noise: -90 dBm Flags: RSSI on-channel Channel: 3
BSSID: D4:68:4D:01:B2:68 Capability: ESS ShortPre ShortSlot
Supported Rates: [ 6(b) 9 12(b) 18 24(b) 36 48 54 ]
HT Capable:
Chanspec: 2.4GHz channel 3 20MHz (0x1003)
Primary channel: 3
HT Capabilities: SGI20
Supported MCS : [ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ]

Mode : Media Bridge

Stations List
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MAC Associated Authorized RSSI PSM SGI STBC Tx rate Rx rate Connect Time
D4:68:4D:01:B2:68 Yes -72dBm No Yes Yes 72.2M 13M 01:30:56

5 GHz radio is disabled

 

[bill001g]

Maybe replacing the antenna with larger omni directional will help....totally unpredictable though. Since you have no directly line of sight and you say you have it by the window means you are getting a signal that is being reflected off some object compared to it directly say coming though the wall.

The common solution of outdoor directional antenna unfortunately does not appear to be a option if you do not have direct line of sight. Maybe a outdoor bridge using omni directional might work better just because it is outside. Ubiquiti and engenius sell device like this fairly inexpensively but you may still be wasting $50 or more since you can not know if it will help until you actually try it.