Well, I was pleasantly surprised at a turn of events that happened recently. I have terrible reception on my AirPort card from the top floor of our house down to the main floor (where my AirPort Extreme-G base station [with dialup] is). All around our house are high-speed wireless networks, but they're either locked or too faint to reach. One is reachable from our backyard, but I look really stupid trying to get to it with my laptop. Much to my surprise, I found I was able to reach that particular access point from my bedroom yesterday. I wasn't quite sure what had happened until today. I have a trick of boosting my range by putting my left hand on the left side of the Pismo (near the AirPort card). My first thought was that I was sitting in just the right place on my bed, with my hand in just the right place on the Pismo—so I didn't move a muscle as I browsed (except in my right hand). Soon, though, I found that there was more give to it that I had originally thought. As it turns out, my big jointed desk lamp was acting like an antenna for me, echoing the connection. As I move it in different directions, the strength of the signal will increase or decrease, depending on how far I move the lamp from the Pismo. The reason I discovered this was that I had kept my lamp in the same position until Friday afternoon, when I moved it around a bit. I've heard of other range boosts (involving Pringles cans, kitchen strainers, and USB wireless adapters), but this is the first time I've experienced (or heard of) a built-in wireless boost with an AirPort card. Has anybody else had anything like this happen?
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