Hi all! I've recently acquired an Airport card to fit inside my G4 QS (the 2002 model). It works fine, meaning it connects to the Extreme base station and gets me on the internet.
The problem is the reception: I have my Airport Extreme base station set up on the second of 3 floors. My eMac on the third floor has full reception (meaning all the bars on the Airport-icon in the taskbar are lit) while the G4 has only one or two bars lit (mostly two). Furthermore, network transfers are slow (maximum download speed is around 300k/s and copying 500MB takes about half an hour). I realize that the card is in fact an 11mBit card, but it should (theoretically) reach close to 1.1 MB/s. I've checked the antenna so far, which is connected properly. Only thing I can try is to see if my G4 GE has the same problem when I swap the Airport card. Maybe the antenna has fractured internally (I hope not). The G4 is placed adjecent to an amplifier, CD player, AM/FM tuner and turntable. A LCD TV is also closeby (being the monitor for the G4) as is a 1/4" tape recorder. Just mentioning it, because it's a lot of steel/aluminium and electriciy to interfere with the signal. Does anyone have a suggestion? Greetings, Eelco. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
