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Wapping the antenna with foil to make an approximation of a parabolic dish (cantenna[^]) makes your signal more directional. ie you've got s much stringer signal and consequently greater range in the direction it's pointing and much less in any other direction. If you did this and aimed into the ground/sky you'd significantly reduce your power/range/speed in all horizontal directions. Removing/completely warping the antenna in foil would attenuate your signal in all directions.

If your router is compatible with them you could flash with the Tomato or DD-WRT firmwares which would give you control your transmission strength. What you can't do is to reduce your broadcast range without reducing your maximum speed; both of them are directly dependent on signal strength. Also, as long as you're using WPA2 encryption you've got nothing to worry about; you can't be hacked. If you're using WEP/idiot protection only (no SSID broadcast, MAC filtering); there's nothing you can do to stop someone from breaking into your network. WPA1 is currently inbetween, there's one known attack but it doesn't really let the attacker get in far enough to actually do anything other than earning "first WPA1 bragging rights".

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