Thanks for all of the ideas!

After messing with it for a little longer I gave up. I recently switched to cable for my internet and had the old dsl modem/wireless router combo sitting here so I decided to see if I could get that to work. It took a bit of messing, but I now have a good signal outside.

Butch, I haven't tossed the old one yet so one rainy day I'm gonna give your ideas a try. I don't like to be defeated. ; )