Actually my son's windows box is a half level down. Yeah sounds
crazy, but my house is a split level so the levels aren't exactly an
entire 7 to 10 foot drop between each floor. I was considering an
external antena or get the Express and extend the range plus get the
airtunes benefit, but need to figure out why the work laptop which is
a windows machine will drop even within 4 feet of the base station.
Very crazy behavior and I'd have expected as solid a connection with
the Apple router as I got with the Linksys. The Apple is the same
modle they'd use in a school or commercial environment and I'd figure
compatibility would be a must.
Scott
On Feb 24, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
It's likely that reorienting the antenna would help if your units
were up/down stairs from your base station, but seeing as how
they're right next to it, changing it's orientation will have no
effect. Interestingly enough though, My mini has a habbit of
dropping the wireless connection from time to time. It always says
I'm still connected, but nothing goes in or out until I reboot.
Even restarting the wireless services has no affect. According to
the apple technical support study guide, this is supposed to fix
any issues. Beats me why it behaves this way, but it does all the
same.
On Feb 24, 2006, at 11:06 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
You know I was just thinking and I read this in the manual, but
can't put my hands on that item at the minute. I was wondering if
connectivity issues could be based on the antenna in the unit
itself. The Linksys like many routers have vertical antennas and
I'm not sure exactly how the one is in the AirPort Extreme base
station. I imagine they are all omnidirectional so that shouldn't'
matter. I wonder if it would make any sense to hang the router so
its not lying flat on the desk, but instead perpendicular to the
desktop and if this would change its radiation pattern greatly;
maybe improving transmission and reception.
Maybe I'm just nuts.
tnx
Scott
