Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:45:51 -0500 Subject: Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ?? From: "G'kar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 12/26/03 3:13 PM, "Paul Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There's no question that the tiBook WiFi reception doesn't compare to theI don't have an AlBook, but I do have a tiBook, and it's WiFi is miserable. It would barely do 25 feet straight line of site with no obstructions between my kitchen table and dining room table. Forget going an even shorter distance through a sheet rock wall. tiBook WiFi is lame.
iBook's but your reception is so extreme that I can only imagine that
something very strange is going on with your computer, the base station, or
your home.
I have a two story (and basement) home. My base station is in the hall
closet putting it roughly in the center of the house vertically and
horizontally. It is a first generation airport with no external antenna.
Several of my friends own tiBooks and none have trouble with reception on
the first floor or outside on the patio. That's anywhere from 30 to 60 feet
from the base station. They don't get the same strength of signal as my
iBook or new alBook but they can print and surf. They do have varying
success connecting when we are in my basement office.
I'd agree with Paul.....my TiBook with AirPort won't get reception in the living room, 40 feet (through plaster walls) from the dLink router. Out there I'll show maybe two bars, but any connection to a web site or email is refused. My wife's Pismo will still get reception in the back yard, over 100 feet from the router. I can use a PC card and the ioxperts driver to get reception onto the patio (50 feet) with the TiBook, but that's about all. Just reminds me that the Pismo was about as good as it gets for PowerBooks.
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