[DM-MUG] Question ref Airport
Victoria L. Herring
dmmug@dmmug.org
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:39:25 -0600
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>Either the USB wireless card or the Antenna will make things better.
>Still, the antenna in the airport base station is internal, and
>that's a limiting factor as well. I would think that 125' is the
>most you'd get with apple's base station and an airport card, and
>that's in a perfect world. 50-60' is about max. A lot depends on the
>structure of the buildings you are transmitting through. Metal (air
>ducts in your heating system), thick masonry and high voltage will
>attenuate or lessen signals, or even block them totally. The problem
>I saw with the external antenna is the guy had it routed through the
>PC card slot, which I suppose could interfere with having a card in
>there. I would drill the case to put the wire through, but that's
>me. The Dlink USB adapter is $50 or less, so that may be a good try.
>Have you thought about relocating the base station? Is it optimally
>placed?
It seems to be = relocation isn't a real issue, yet...I have old
(1915) house and it's in an extra room on 2nd floor = if it makes
sense to put it on lst floor I could do that (would have to route
more cable tho...since it's connected to cablemodem...I may try the
antenna first tho since I don't need 125 feet but would be happy with
50!
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Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, Iowa - Owner,
http://www.JourneyZing.com - Your Source for Customized Trip & Travel
Research and Attorney at Law, for civil rights, discrimination and
employment law matters: http://www.herringlaw.com. Ph. 515/255-4475;
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Either the USB
wireless card or the Antenna will make things better. Still, the
antenna in the airport base station is internal, and that's a
limiting factor as well. I would think that 125' is the most you'd
get with apple's base station and an airport card, and that's in a
perfect world. 50-60' is about max. A lot depends on the structure
of the buildings you are transmitting through. Metal (air ducts in
your heating system), thick masonry and high voltage will attenuate or
lessen signals, or even block them totally. The problem I saw with the
external antenna is the guy had it routed through the PC card slot,
which I suppose could interfere with having a card in there. I would
drill the case to put the wire through, but that's me. The Dlink USB
adapter is $50 or less, so that may be a good try. Have you thought
about relocating the base station? Is it optimally
placed?</font></blockquote>
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<div><font face="Arial">It seems to be = relocation isn't a real
issue, yet...I have old (1915) house and it's in an extra room on 2nd
floor = if it makes sense to put it on lst floor I could do that
(would have to route more cable tho...since it's connected to
cablemodem...I may try the antenna first tho since I don't need 125
feet but would be happy with 50!</font></div>
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<div>Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, Iowa - Owner,
http://www.JourneyZing.com - Your Source for Customized Trip &
Travel Research and Attorney at Law, for civil rights,
discrimination and employment law matters: http://www.herringlaw.com.
Ph. 515/255-4475; iChat AV: victoriaherring@mac.com.</div>
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