Hi, Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook.
It works well if the tiBook is within a few feet of the router. If I sit at my dining room table, 35 feet away and in clear visual line of sight of the router, the connection barely works. Simple web pages take a long time to open, and those with pictures often time out before the page is fully rendered. I heard the tiBook was bad, but this is unacceptable. The tiBook is also unusable 20 feet and one wall away in an adjacent room to the router. I took the bottom off the tiBook to check the card installation. The tiBook is equipped with the stock Apple Airport card. I noticed that the coax connector on both the antenna cable and the Airport card appear to have male center pins and that the center pin on the antenna cable is slightly offset from center. It appears that the center connection is made my the two male pins laying offset and mis-aligned next to each other. This is weird, a male pin should insert into a female receptacle. It may be that the pin on the card is really female and that it splits open when the male is inserted, but I'll have to get a microscope to see that. If the coax connector center pins are mating adjacently rather than concentrically, possibly the center conductor is shorting against the shield, which could still let some RF energy through. I believe the card coax connector is known as a MC Card type. Anyway, I know the antenna design is poor on the tiBook, but I can't even get 35 direct visual feet. Anybody have experience with this? Does the antenna to card connection sound correct? Is the problem simply the poor Airport antennas in the tiBook. Paul At 6:44 AM -0500 7/21/03, NIKON'S WORLD wrote: >On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 01:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I've just subscribed to the SBC DSL...29.00/mo for a year. I ordered the >>wireless set up, and have a Sharp laptop with an 802.11b card built in, but >>prefer using my vintage 1998 Powerbook around the house for most use. >>Should I buy an Airport PCMCIA card for it, or one of the Orinocos, or one >>of the other cards that I hear about. Or does it make any difference as long >>as they comply to the IEE 802.11b standard. >>jf > >Buying an airport card is not an option for you. Any of the Orinoco cards should work >for you. Wireless is the only way to go. Good luck. > >700mhz i-Book running Jaguar >Macs for life! >http://homepage.mac.com/nikon80x/Menu2.html > > >-- >G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > >Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | >-- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store >http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
