[DM-MUG] Question ref Airport
Karl Hehr
dmmug@dmmug.org
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:02:18 -0600
> I have Panther on all machines, the Snow Airport and a regular Airport
> Card in my TiBook (667mhz) and use Airport alot...with spring/summer
> coming, I'm like you and want to sit outside when I'm on the web but
> the Snow and TiBook don't have much distance. As I see it, there are
> the following options (other than buying a new TiBook, which right now
> I don't want to do): get one of those antenna things that DevDepot
> sells, or get Airport Extreme base station to replace Snow. But if I
> do the latter, then I probably need an extreme card? Any suggestions?
>
Get a PCMCIA (sp?) Wireless card so the antenna is on the outside of
the case, this will increase your range dramatically and it is a
cheaper solution than an extreme base station, also you can't, as for
as I know put an extreme card in a TiBook. Hope this helps
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