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.
With a DLink 802.11b router on the kitchen table, I was able to communicate to my tiBook on the dining room table. However the speed was slower than my DSL connection and it was sensitive to both the computer and router orientation. Yes, if I turned the router just so and typed into a tiBook at a bizarre angle. It probably would have worked at the dining room table. However, I also wanted it to work at a desk in the office and a desk in the bedroom.
I expect wireless performance that would allow me to use by tiBook at full DSL speed from any room in my house. The tiBook won't do that.
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.
Can you use your alBook or IBook in the basement office?
When you are elsewhere does your tiBook have similar lousy reception?
Never tried it elsewhere.
Have you checked that the card is seated properly?
Yes, it is seated. I also checked the antenna connections.
Have you had it back to Apple?
It's out of warranty, and besides they don't fix design engineering problems, just component defects. To fix it right would require a redesign of the frame, ti cladding, and antennas.
What about the basestation?
It was a DLink, a rather nice product.
Do you have any wifi visitors who have similar lousy reception?
No, I took the DLink back to BestBuy while I still could and strung more 100 base-T wiring.
Perhaps it isn't placed well.
Router orientation did make a difference, but not enough to make it acceptable.
Have you tried changing the channel it uses?
It was equally bad on all channels.
Paul
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