[DM-MUG] Question ref Airport

[Karl Hehr]

The external stuff will help greatly, your range is cut down because of=20=

your internal antenna being by the keyboard, so an external would=20
increase range by quite a bit.
--Karl

On Mar 11, 2004, at 9:59 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> Now I am confused...but only a bit.=A0 At=20
> http://www.devdepot.com/wireless.html there are a number of options=20
> which would be cheaper than going Extreme...right now I do have my=20
> PCCard slot holding something so would rather not fill it, but I could=20=

> easily enough.=A0 The external antenna may be an answer.=A0 Will the=20=

> external cards or antennas help enough with a Snow Airport or are we=20=

> really looking at a whole new setup (gosh, maybe i have to buy a new=20=

> Ti (Al?) Book???
>
> Actually, there is a company that makes and sells an external antenna=20=

> for the TiBook. It uses your Airport card. Even so, the base station=20=

> is a limiting factor as well. Also, any 802.11g base station should be=20=

> backward compatible with you Airport card. Another choice is that=20
> Dlink makes an external USB wireless card, and this will keep your PC=20=

> Card slot free.
> Jim
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> James D. Lagnese
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> >>> 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. =A0As =
I
> >>> see it, there are the following options (other than buying a new
> >>> TiBook, which right now I don't want to do): =A0=A0get one of =
those
> >>> antenna things that DevDepot sells, or get Airport Extreme base
> >>> station to replace Snow. =A0But if I do the latter, then I =
probably
> >>> need an extreme card? =A0Any 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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> >> Karl H. Hehr
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> Research and Attorney at Law, for civil rights,=A0 discrimination and=20=

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