[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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