Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I've been searching for a repeater for home use for a while now, but it seeems like all of them are 100+ dollars. Are there any that aren't as expensive?
^ That's what I was going to suggest, too...I never looked into dedicated repeaters but I know you can get two WRT54G routers for $70-$80 and run one as a repeater. It worked very well when I had that setup. I upgraded to a DIR-655 for the wireless N and gigabit ethernet ports, but if you're OK with wireless G and 100Mb ports you can easily accomplish this for under $100.
on sale for $74 with free shipping. I used this for two years bouncing a signal from the neighbor into my apartment before I switched over to WDS & DDWRT. Quick and easy setup. Just plug it in and press the button on the side and presto!